Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Serbia

Safely managed sanitation in Serbia in 2024 — 24.1%. Ranked 120 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 5.5 pp.

2024 24.1% −0.4 pp vs 2023
World rank 120of 141
Period maximum 29.6%2000
Period minimum 24.1%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Serbia, 2000–2024242628302000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 29.6%2001: 29.6%2002: 29.6%2003: 29.5%2004: 29.5%2005: 29.4%2006: 29.2%2007: 29%2008: 28.7%2009: 28.5%2010: 28.2%2011: 28%2012: 27.7%2013: 27.5%2014: 27.2%2015: 27%2016: 26.7%2017: 26.4%2018: 26.1%2019: 25.8%2020: 25.5%2021: 25.1%2022: 24.8%2023: 24.4%2024: 24.1%
Change over the period: −5.5 pp Annual average: -0.23 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Serbia 24.1%
World 58.5%
Southern Europe computed 80.5%
Safely managed sanitation — Serbia, by year Serbia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 24.1 −0.4 pp
2023 24.4 −0.3 pp
2022 24.8 −0.3 pp
2021 25.1 −0.4 pp
2020 25.5 −0.3 pp
2019 25.8 −0.3 pp
2018 26.1 −0.3 pp
2017 26.4 −0.3 pp
2016 26.7 −0.3 pp
2015 27 −0.3 pp
2014 27.2 −0.3 pp
2013 27.5 −0.3 pp
2012 27.7 −0.3 pp
2011 28 −0.2 pp
2010 28.2 −0.2 pp
2009 28.5 −0.2 pp
2008 28.7 −0.2 pp
2007 29 −0.2 pp
2006 29.2 −0.2 pp
2005 29.4 −0.1 pp
2004 29.5 −0 pp
2003 29.5 −0 pp
2002 29.6 −0 pp
2001 29.6 −0 pp
2000 29.6

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.