Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Norway

Safely managed sanitation in Norway in 2024 — 77.9%. Ranked 54 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.3 pp.

2024 77.9% +0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 54of 141
Period maximum 77.9%2024
Period minimum 76.7%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Norway, 2000–202476.57777.5782000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 76.7%2001: 76.7%2002: 76.8%2003: 76.8%2004: 76.9%2005: 76.9%2006: 76.9%2007: 77%2008: 77%2009: 77.1%2010: 77.2%2011: 77.2%2012: 77.3%2013: 77.3%2014: 77.4%2015: 77.4%2016: 77.5%2017: 77.5%2018: 77.6%2019: 77.6%2020: 77.7%2021: 77.8%2022: 77.8%2023: 77.9%2024: 77.9%
Change over the period: +1.3 pp Annual average: 0.05 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Norway 77.9%
World 58.5%
Northern Europe computed 95.2%
High-income countries computed 90.1%
Safely managed sanitation — Norway, by year Norway All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 77.9 +0.1 pp
2023 77.9 +0.1 pp
2022 77.8 +0.1 pp
2021 77.8 +0.1 pp
2020 77.7 +0.1 pp
2019 77.6 +0.1 pp
2018 77.6 +0.1 pp
2017 77.5 +0.1 pp
2016 77.5 +0.1 pp
2015 77.4 +0.1 pp
2014 77.4 +0.1 pp
2013 77.3 +0.1 pp
2012 77.3 +0.1 pp
2011 77.2 +0.1 pp
2010 77.2 +0.1 pp
2009 77.1 +0.1 pp
2008 77 +0.1 pp
2007 77 +0.1 pp
2006 76.9 +0 pp
2005 76.9 +0 pp
2004 76.9 +0 pp
2003 76.8 +0 pp
2002 76.8 +0 pp
2001 76.7 +0 pp
2000 76.7

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.