Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Australia and New Zealand

Safely managed sanitation in Australia and New Zealand in 2024 — 94.6%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 3.1 pp.

2024 94.6% +0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 94.6%2024
Period minimum 91.5%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Australia and New Zealand, 2000–202491929394952000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 91.5%2001: 91.7%2002: 91.8%2003: 92%2004: 92.2%2005: 92.3%2006: 92.5%2007: 92.7%2008: 92.9%2009: 93%2010: 93.2%2011: 93.4%2012: 93.6%2013: 93.7%2014: 93.7%2015: 93.8%2016: 93.9%2017: 94%2018: 94%2019: 94.1%2020: 94.3%2021: 94.4%2022: 94.5%2023: 94.6%2024: 94.6%
Change over the period: +3.1 pp Annual average: 0.13 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Australia and New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand 94.6%
World 58.5%
Safely managed sanitation — Australia and New Zealand, by year Australia and New Zealand All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 94.6 +0.1 pp
2023 94.6 +0.1 pp
2022 94.5 +0.1 pp
2021 94.4 +0.1 pp
2020 94.3 +0.2 pp
2019 94.1 +0.1 pp
2018 94 +0.1 pp
2017 94 +0.1 pp
2016 93.9 +0.1 pp
2015 93.8 +0.1 pp
2014 93.7 +0.1 pp
2013 93.7 +0.1 pp
2012 93.6 +0.2 pp
2011 93.4 +0.2 pp
2010 93.2 +0.2 pp
2009 93 +0.2 pp
2008 92.9 +0.2 pp
2007 92.7 +0.2 pp
2006 92.5 +0.2 pp
2005 92.3 +0.2 pp
2004 92.2 +0.2 pp
2003 92 +0.2 pp
2002 91.8 +0.2 pp
2001 91.7 +0.2 pp
2000 91.5

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.