Safely managed sanitation in Australia

95.8% of people in Australia 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
Australia, 2024 95.8% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 95.7%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 92.9% Middle value of 37 countries
Position in 2024 22nd of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation in Australia 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 AustraliaWorld
2024 95.8% 58.5%
2023 95.7% 57.8%
2022 95.6% 57.0%
2021 95.5% 56.1%
2020 95.4% 55.2%
2019 95.3% 54.2%
2018 95.3% 52.8%
2017 95.2% 51.3%
2016 95.1% 49.9%
2015 95.0% 48.4%
2014 94.9% 46.9%
2013 94.8% 45.5%
2012 94.8% 44.1%
2011 94.7% 42.8%
2010 94.6% 41.5%
2009 94.5% 40.2%
2008 94.4% 38.9%
2007 94.3% 37.6%
2006 94.2% 36.3%
2005 94.2% 35.1%
2004 94.1% 34.0%
2003 94.0% 32.8%
2002 93.9% 31.7%
2001 93.8% 31.7%
2000 93.7% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 95.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 94.9%, the figure has changed by +0.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Australia has the 22nd 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 Australia
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