Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Sweden

Safely managed sanitation in Sweden in 2024 — 95.4%. Ranked 23 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.2 pp.

2024 95.4% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 23of 141
Period maximum 95.4%2024
Period minimum 95.1%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Sweden, 2000–202495.195.295.395.42000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 95.1%2001: 95.2%2002: 95.2%2003: 95.2%2004: 95.2%2005: 95.2%2006: 95.2%2007: 95.2%2008: 95.2%2009: 95.2%2010: 95.2%2011: 95.2%2012: 95.2%2013: 95.2%2014: 95.3%2015: 95.3%2016: 95.3%2017: 95.3%2018: 95.3%2019: 95.3%2020: 95.3%2021: 95.3%2022: 95.3%2023: 95.3%2024: 95.4%
Change over the period: +0.2 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Sweden 95.4%
World 58.5%
Northern Europe computed 95.2%
High-income countries computed 90.1%
Safely managed sanitation — Sweden, by year Sweden All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 95.4 +0 pp
2023 95.3 +0 pp
2022 95.3 +0 pp
2021 95.3 +0 pp
2020 95.3 +0 pp
2019 95.3 +0 pp
2018 95.3 +0 pp
2017 95.3 +0 pp
2016 95.3 +0 pp
2015 95.3 +0 pp
2014 95.3 +0 pp
2013 95.2 +0 pp
2012 95.2 +0 pp
2011 95.2 +0 pp
2010 95.2 +0 pp
2009 95.2 +0 pp
2008 95.2 +0 pp
2007 95.2 +0 pp
2006 95.2 +0 pp
2005 95.2 +0 pp
2004 95.2 +0 pp
2003 95.2 +0 pp
2002 95.2 +0 pp
2001 95.2 +0 pp
2000 95.1

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.