Basic sanitation access in Europe and Central Asia

97.4% of people in Europe and Central Asia used at least basic sanitation services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using at least basic sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Europe and Central Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Europe and Central Asia, 2024 97.4% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 97.3%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate

Basic sanitation access in Europe and Central Asia 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 at least basic sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period Europe and Central AsiaWorld
2024 97.4% 82.2%
2023 97.3% 81.5%
2022 97.1% 80.4%
2021 97.0% 79.4%
2020 96.8% 78.3%
2019 96.6% 77.2%
2018 96.4% 76.0%
2017 96.2% 74.9%
2016 95.9% 73.8%
2015 95.7% 72.6%
2014 95.4% 71.4%
2013 95.2% 70.2%
2012 94.9% 68.9%
2011 94.7% 67.8%
2010 94.4% 66.7%
2009 94.2% 65.5%
2008 93.9% 64.3%
2007 93.7% 63.1%
2006 93.4% 61.9%
2005 93.2% 60.7%
2004 93.0% 59.6%
2003 92.9% 58.4%
2002 92.7% 57.3%
2001 94.8% 55.6%
2000 95.4% 54.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 97.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 95.4%, the figure has changed by +2.0 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 82.2%.

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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.BASS.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Europe and Central Asia
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