Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Malta

Safely managed sanitation in Malta in 2024 — 100%. Ranked 1 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 98 pp.

2024 100% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 1of 141
Period maximum 100%2023
Period minimum 2%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Malta, 2000–202402550751002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 2%2001: 2.7%2002: 8.3%2003: 13.9%2004: 19.5%2005: 25.1%2006: 30.8%2007: 36.4%2008: 42%2009: 47.7%2010: 53.3%2011: 59%2012: 64.6%2013: 70.3%2014: 75.9%2015: 81.6%2016: 87.3%2017: 93%2018: 98.7%2019: 100%2020: 100%2021: 100%2022: 100%2023: 100%2024: 100%
Change over the period: +98 pp Annual average: 4.08 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Malta 100%
World 58.5%
Southern Europe computed 80.5%
High-income countries computed 90.1%
Safely managed sanitation — Malta, by year Malta All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 100 +0 pp
2023 100 +0 pp
2022 100 +0 pp
2021 100 +0 pp
2020 100 +0 pp
2019 100 +1.3 pp
2018 98.7 +5.7 pp
2017 93 +5.7 pp
2016 87.3 +5.7 pp
2015 81.6 +5.7 pp
2014 75.9 +5.7 pp
2013 70.3 +5.7 pp
2012 64.6 +5.7 pp
2011 59 +5.7 pp
2010 53.3 +5.6 pp
2009 47.7 +5.6 pp
2008 42 +5.6 pp
2007 36.4 +5.6 pp
2006 30.8 +5.6 pp
2005 25.1 +5.6 pp
2004 19.5 +5.6 pp
2003 13.9 +5.6 pp
2002 8.3 +5.6 pp
2001 2.7 +0.7 pp
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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.