Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Latvia

Safely managed sanitation in Latvia in 2024 — 92.5%. Ranked 31 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 12.8 pp.

2024 92.5% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 31of 141
Period maximum 92.5%2024
Period minimum 79.7%2001

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Latvia, 2000–202475808590952000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 79.8%2001: 79.7%2002: 79.9%2003: 80.1%2004: 80.1%2005: 80.2%2006: 80.9%2007: 81.5%2008: 82.2%2009: 82.8%2010: 83.5%2011: 84.2%2012: 84.8%2013: 85.5%2014: 86.2%2015: 87%2016: 87.9%2017: 88.7%2018: 89.6%2019: 90.5%2020: 91.3%2021: 92%2022: 92.3%2023: 92.5%2024: 92.5%
Change over the period: +12.8 pp Annual average: 0.53 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Latvia 92.5%
World 58.5%
Northern Europe computed 95.2%
High-income countries computed 90.1%
Safely managed sanitation — Latvia, by year Latvia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 92.5 +0 pp
2023 92.5 +0.3 pp
2022 92.3 +0.3 pp
2021 92 +0.7 pp
2020 91.3 +0.9 pp
2019 90.5 +0.9 pp
2018 89.6 +0.9 pp
2017 88.7 +0.9 pp
2016 87.9 +0.9 pp
2015 87 +0.8 pp
2014 86.2 +0.7 pp
2013 85.5 +0.7 pp
2012 84.8 +0.7 pp
2011 84.2 +0.7 pp
2010 83.5 +0.7 pp
2009 82.8 +0.7 pp
2008 82.2 +0.7 pp
2007 81.5 +0.7 pp
2006 80.9 +0.7 pp
2005 80.2 +0.1 pp
2004 80.1 +0.1 pp
2003 80.1 +0.1 pp
2002 79.9 +0.2 pp
2001 79.7 −0 pp
2000 79.8

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.