Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Ireland

Safely managed sanitation in Ireland in 2024 — 81.3%. Ranked 48 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 24.3 pp.

2024 81.3% +0.2 pp vs 2023
World rank 48of 141
Period maximum 81.3%2024
Period minimum 57%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Ireland, 2000–202450607080902000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 57%2001: 58.1%2002: 59.2%2003: 60.2%2004: 61.4%2005: 62.5%2006: 63.7%2007: 65%2008: 66.3%2009: 67.6%2010: 69%2011: 70.3%2012: 71.7%2013: 73.1%2014: 74.4%2015: 75.8%2016: 77.2%2017: 78.6%2018: 80%2019: 80.2%2020: 80.4%2021: 80.6%2022: 80.8%2023: 81%2024: 81.3%
Change over the period: +24.3 pp Annual average: 1.01 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Ireland

Ireland 81.3%
World 58.5%
Northern Europe computed 95.2%
High-income countries computed 90.1%
Safely managed sanitation — Ireland, by year Ireland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 81.3 +0.2 pp
2023 81 +0.2 pp
2022 80.8 +0.2 pp
2021 80.6 +0.2 pp
2020 80.4 +0.2 pp
2019 80.2 +0.2 pp
2018 80 +1.3 pp
2017 78.6 +1.4 pp
2016 77.2 +1.4 pp
2015 75.8 +1.4 pp
2014 74.4 +1.4 pp
2013 73.1 +1.4 pp
2012 71.7 +1.4 pp
2011 70.3 +1.4 pp
2010 69 +1.3 pp
2009 67.6 +1.3 pp
2008 66.3 +1.3 pp
2007 65 +1.3 pp
2006 63.7 +1.3 pp
2005 62.5 +1.1 pp
2004 61.4 +1.1 pp
2003 60.2 +1.1 pp
2002 59.2 +1.1 pp
2001 58.1 +1.1 pp
2000 57

About the indicator

The share of the population with safely managed sanitation — the top rung of the WHO and UNICEF ladder. Having a separate toilet is not enough: the waste must either be treated on the spot or removed and treated elsewhere. It is the second condition that makes the indicator far more demanding than basic sanitation: in many large cities almost everyone has a toilet, but there are no treatment facilities for the whole volume of wastewater, and by this measure a country turns out to be noticeably lower.

Important: It accounts not only for the presence of a toilet but also for the fate of the wastewater, so the values are substantially lower than those of basic sanitation.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.