Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Italy

Safely managed sanitation in Italy in 2024 — 78.2%. Ranked 53 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 1.1 pp.

2024 78.2% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 53of 141
Period maximum 79.3%2003
Period minimum 78.2%2022

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Italy, 2000–20247878.57979.52000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 79.3%2001: 79.3%2002: 79.3%2003: 79.3%2004: 79.2%2005: 79.2%2006: 79.1%2007: 79%2008: 79%2009: 78.9%2010: 78.9%2011: 78.8%2012: 78.8%2013: 78.7%2014: 78.6%2015: 78.6%2016: 78.5%2017: 78.5%2018: 78.4%2019: 78.4%2020: 78.3%2021: 78.3%2022: 78.2%2023: 78.2%2024: 78.2%
Change over the period: −1.1 pp Annual average: -0.04 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Italy 78.2%
World 58.5%
Southern Europe computed 80.5%
High-income countries computed 90.1%
Safely managed sanitation — Italy, by year Italy All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 78.2 +0 pp
2023 78.2 +0 pp
2022 78.2 −0.1 pp
2021 78.3 −0.1 pp
2020 78.3 −0.1 pp
2019 78.4 −0.1 pp
2018 78.4 −0.1 pp
2017 78.5 −0.1 pp
2016 78.5 −0.1 pp
2015 78.6 −0.1 pp
2014 78.6 −0.1 pp
2013 78.7 −0.1 pp
2012 78.8 −0.1 pp
2011 78.8 −0.1 pp
2010 78.9 −0.1 pp
2009 78.9 −0.1 pp
2008 79 −0.1 pp
2007 79 −0.1 pp
2006 79.1 −0.1 pp
2005 79.2 −0.1 pp
2004 79.2 −0.1 pp
2003 79.3 +0 pp
2002 79.3 +0 pp
2001 79.3 +0 pp
2000 79.3

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.