Safely managed sanitation in Austria

98.5% of people in Austria used safely managed sanitation in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using safely managed sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Austria, 2024 98.5% % of population
Change from 2023 −0.2percentage points 2023: 98.7%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 92.1% Middle value of 26 countries
Position in 2024 11th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation in Austria 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 AustriaWorld
2024 98.5% 58.5%
2023 98.7% 57.8%
2022 98.9% 57.0%
2021 99.1% 56.1%
2020 99.3% 55.2%
2019 99.5% 54.2%
2018 99.7% 52.8%
2017 99.9% 51.3%
2016 100.0% 49.9%
2015 100.0% 48.4%
2014 100.0% 46.9%
2013 100.0% 45.5%
2012 100.0% 44.1%
2011 100.0% 42.8%
2010 100.0% 41.5%
2009 100.0% 40.2%
2008 100.0% 38.9%
2007 100.0% 37.6%
2006 100.0% 36.3%
2005 100.0% 35.1%
2004 100.0% 34.0%
2003 100.0% 32.8%
2002 100.0% 31.7%
2001 100.0% 31.7%
2000 100.0% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 98.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 100.0%, the figure has changed by −1.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Austria has the 11th 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 Austria
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