Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — NATO

Safely managed sanitation in NATO in 2024 — 91.7%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 5.6 pp.

2024 91.7% +0.2 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 91.7%2024
Period minimum 85.3%2001

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — NATO, 2000–202484868890922000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 86.2%2001: 85.3%2002: 85.4%2003: 85.6%2004: 85.9%2005: 86.1%2006: 86.4%2007: 86.7%2008: 87%2009: 87.3%2010: 87.6%2011: 87.9%2012: 88.2%2013: 88.5%2014: 88.8%2015: 89.2%2016: 89.5%2017: 89.9%2018: 90.2%2019: 90.5%2020: 90.7%2021: 91%2022: 91.3%2023: 91.5%2024: 91.7%
Change over the period: +5.6 pp Annual average: 0.23 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

NATO 91.7%
World 58.5%
Safely managed sanitation — NATO, by year NATO All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 91.7 +0.2 pp
2023 91.5 +0.2 pp
2022 91.3 +0.3 pp
2021 91 +0.2 pp
2020 90.7 +0.3 pp
2019 90.5 +0.3 pp
2018 90.2 +0.3 pp
2017 89.9 +0.3 pp
2016 89.5 +0.3 pp
2015 89.2 +0.3 pp
2014 88.8 +0.3 pp
2013 88.5 +0.3 pp
2012 88.2 +0.3 pp
2011 87.9 +0.3 pp
2010 87.6 +0.3 pp
2009 87.3 +0.3 pp
2008 87 +0.3 pp
2007 86.7 +0.3 pp
2006 86.4 +0.3 pp
2005 86.1 +0.3 pp
2004 85.9 +0.3 pp
2003 85.6 +0.1 pp
2002 85.4 +0.2 pp
2001 85.3 −0.9 pp
2000 86.2

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.