Basic sanitation access in Euro area
98.8% of people in the euro area used at least basic sanitation services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
Euro area is a group: Euro area; membership follows each source definition (World Bank EMU, ECB U2 changing composition). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Euro area, 2024
98.8%
Change from 2023
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World, 2024
82.2%
Basic sanitation access in Euro area over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Euro area | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 98.8% | 82.2% |
| 2023 | 98.8% | 81.5% |
| 2022 | 98.8% | 80.4% |
| 2021 | 98.8% | 79.4% |
| 2020 | 98.8% | 78.3% |
| 2019 | 98.7% | 77.2% |
| 2018 | 98.7% | 76.0% |
| 2017 | 98.7% | 74.9% |
| 2016 | 98.7% | 73.8% |
| 2015 | 98.7% | 72.6% |
| 2014 | 98.7% | 71.4% |
| 2013 | 98.7% | 70.2% |
| 2012 | 98.7% | 68.9% |
| 2011 | 98.7% | 67.8% |
| 2010 | 98.6% | 66.7% |
| 2009 | 98.6% | 65.5% |
| 2008 | 98.6% | 64.3% |
| 2007 | 98.6% | 63.1% |
| 2006 | 98.6% | 61.9% |
| 2005 | 98.6% | 60.7% |
| 2004 | 98.6% | 59.6% |
| 2003 | 98.6% | 58.4% |
| 2002 | 98.6% | 57.3% |
| 2001 | 98.5% | 55.6% |
| 2000 | 98.5% | 54.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 98.8% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 98.7%, the figure has changed by +0.1 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 82.2%.