Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Switzerland

Safely managed sanitation in Switzerland in 2024 — 99.7%. Ranked 7 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.9 pp.

2024 99.7% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 7of 141
Period maximum 99.7%2024
Period minimum 97.8%2001

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Switzerland, 2000–202497.59898.59999.51002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 97.8%2001: 97.8%2002: 97.8%2003: 97.8%2004: 97.8%2005: 97.8%2006: 97.8%2007: 97.8%2008: 97.8%2009: 97.9%2010: 97.9%2011: 98.1%2012: 98.2%2013: 98.4%2014: 98.6%2015: 98.7%2016: 98.9%2017: 99.1%2018: 99.3%2019: 99.5%2020: 99.6%2021: 99.7%2022: 99.7%2023: 99.7%2024: 99.7%
Change over the period: +1.9 pp Annual average: 0.08 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Switzerland 99.7%
World 58.5%
Western Europe computed 94.6%
High-income countries computed 90.1%
Safely managed sanitation — Switzerland, by year Switzerland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 99.7 +0 pp
2023 99.7 +0 pp
2022 99.7 +0 pp
2021 99.7 +0.1 pp
2020 99.6 +0.2 pp
2019 99.5 +0.2 pp
2018 99.3 +0.2 pp
2017 99.1 +0.2 pp
2016 98.9 +0.2 pp
2015 98.7 +0.2 pp
2014 98.6 +0.2 pp
2013 98.4 +0.2 pp
2012 98.2 +0.1 pp
2011 98.1 +0.1 pp
2010 97.9 +0.1 pp
2009 97.9 +0.1 pp
2008 97.8 +0 pp
2007 97.8 +0 pp
2006 97.8 +0 pp
2005 97.8 +0 pp
2004 97.8 +0 pp
2003 97.8 +0 pp
2002 97.8 +0 pp
2001 97.8 −0 pp
2000 97.8

Western 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.