Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Macao

Safely managed sanitation in Macao in 2024 — 80%. Ranked 50 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 30.1 pp.

2024 80% +2 pp vs 2023
World rank 50of 141
Period maximum 80%2024
Period minimum 49.8%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Macao, 2000–202440506070802000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 49.8%2001: 49.8%2002: 49.8%2003: 49.8%2004: 49.8%2005: 49.8%2006: 49.8%2007: 49.8%2008: 49.8%2009: 49.8%2010: 51.9%2011: 53.9%2012: 55.9%2013: 57.9%2014: 59.9%2015: 61.9%2016: 63.9%2017: 65.9%2018: 67.9%2019: 69.9%2020: 71.9%2021: 73.9%2022: 75.9%2023: 77.9%2024: 80%
Change over the period: +30.1 pp Annual average: 1.25 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Macao 80%
World 58.5%
Eastern Asia computed 72.3%
High-income countries computed 90.1%
Safely managed sanitation — Macao, by year Macao All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 80 +2 pp
2023 77.9 +2 pp
2022 75.9 +2 pp
2021 73.9 +2 pp
2020 71.9 +2 pp
2019 69.9 +2 pp
2018 67.9 +2 pp
2017 65.9 +2 pp
2016 63.9 +2 pp
2015 61.9 +2 pp
2014 59.9 +2 pp
2013 57.9 +2 pp
2012 55.9 +2 pp
2011 53.9 +2 pp
2010 51.9 +2 pp
2009 49.8 +0 pp
2008 49.8 +0 pp
2007 49.8 +0 pp
2006 49.8 +0 pp
2005 49.8 +0 pp
2004 49.8 +0 pp
2003 49.8 +0 pp
2002 49.8 +0 pp
2001 49.8 +0 pp
2000 49.8

Eastern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.