Safely managed sanitation in Albania

69.3% of people in Albania used safely managed sanitation in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using safely managed sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Albania, 2024 69.3% % of population
Change from 2023 +2.7percentage points 2023: 66.6%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 64th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation in Albania over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period AlbaniaWorld
2024 69.3% 58.5%
2023 66.6% 57.8%
2022 63.9% 57.0%
2021 61.0% 56.1%
2020 58.0% 55.2%
2019 54.8% 54.2%
2018 51.5% 52.8%
2017 48.1% 51.3%
2016 44.6% 49.9%
2015 41.2% 48.4%
2014 37.7% 46.9%
2013 34.3% 45.5%
2012 30.9% 44.1%
2011 30.3% 42.8%
2010 29.6% 41.5%
2009 28.9% 40.2%
2008 28.2% 38.9%
2007 27.4% 37.6%
2006 26.7% 36.3%
2005 25.9% 35.1%
2004 25.1% 34.0%
2003 24.6% 32.8%
2002 24.0% 31.7%
2001 23.5% 31.7%
2000 22.9% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.7 percentage points from 66.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 37.7%, the figure has changed by +31.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Albania has the 64th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 58.5%.

Source and dates

Original producer
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.STA.SMSS.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Albania
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene