Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Spain

Safely managed sanitation in Spain in 2024 — 88.3%. Ranked 41 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 4.4 pp.

2024 88.3% −0 pp vs 2023
World rank 41of 141
Period maximum 92.7%2004
Period minimum 88.3%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Spain, 2000–2024889092942000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 92.7%2001: 92.7%2002: 92.7%2003: 92.7%2004: 92.7%2005: 92.5%2006: 92.3%2007: 92.1%2008: 91.9%2009: 91.7%2010: 91.4%2011: 91.2%2012: 91%2013: 90.8%2014: 90.5%2015: 90.3%2016: 90%2017: 89.8%2018: 89.6%2019: 89.3%2020: 89.1%2021: 88.8%2022: 88.5%2023: 88.3%2024: 88.3%
Change over the period: −4.4 pp Annual average: -0.18 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Spain 88.3%
World 58.5%
Southern Europe computed 80.5%
High-income countries computed 90.1%
Safely managed sanitation — Spain, by year Spain All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 88.3 −0 pp
2023 88.3 −0.3 pp
2022 88.5 −0.3 pp
2021 88.8 −0.3 pp
2020 89.1 −0.3 pp
2019 89.3 −0.3 pp
2018 89.6 −0.2 pp
2017 89.8 −0.2 pp
2016 90 −0.2 pp
2015 90.3 −0.2 pp
2014 90.5 −0.2 pp
2013 90.8 −0.2 pp
2012 91 −0.2 pp
2011 91.2 −0.2 pp
2010 91.4 −0.2 pp
2009 91.7 −0.2 pp
2008 91.9 −0.2 pp
2007 92.1 −0.2 pp
2006 92.3 −0.2 pp
2005 92.5 −0.2 pp
2004 92.7 +0 pp
2003 92.7 +0 pp
2002 92.7 +0 pp
2001 92.7 −0 pp
2000 92.7

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.