Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Poland

Safely managed sanitation in Poland in 2024 — 97.8%. Ranked 14 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 11.7 pp.

2024 97.8% −0 pp vs 2023
World rank 14of 141
Period maximum 97.8%2018
Period minimum 86.1%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Poland, 2000–20248590951002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 86.1%2001: 86.8%2002: 87.5%2003: 88.1%2004: 88.8%2005: 89.5%2006: 90.2%2007: 90.9%2008: 91.6%2009: 92.3%2010: 93%2011: 93.7%2012: 94.4%2013: 95.2%2014: 95.9%2015: 96.6%2016: 97.3%2017: 97.7%2018: 97.8%2019: 97.8%2020: 97.8%2021: 97.8%2022: 97.8%2023: 97.8%2024: 97.8%
Change over the period: +11.7 pp Annual average: 0.49 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Poland 97.8%
World 58.5%
Eastern Europe computed 74.1%
High-income countries computed 90.1%
Safely managed sanitation — Poland, by year Poland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 97.8 −0 pp
2023 97.8 −0 pp
2022 97.8 −0 pp
2021 97.8 +0 pp
2020 97.8 +0 pp
2019 97.8 −0 pp
2018 97.8 +0.1 pp
2017 97.7 +0.4 pp
2016 97.3 +0.7 pp
2015 96.6 +0.7 pp
2014 95.9 +0.7 pp
2013 95.2 +0.7 pp
2012 94.4 +0.7 pp
2011 93.7 +0.7 pp
2010 93 +0.7 pp
2009 92.3 +0.7 pp
2008 91.6 +0.7 pp
2007 90.9 +0.7 pp
2006 90.2 +0.7 pp
2005 89.5 +0.7 pp
2004 88.8 +0.7 pp
2003 88.1 +0.7 pp
2002 87.5 +0.7 pp
2001 86.8 +0.7 pp
2000 86.1

Eastern Europe, 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.