Basic sanitation access in European Union
98.5% of people in the European Union used at least basic sanitation services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2024
98.5%
Change from 2023
0percentage points
World, 2024
82.2%
Basic sanitation access in European Union over time
View
European Union
World
×
The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
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 | European Union | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 98.5% | 82.2% |
| 2023 | 98.5% | 81.5% |
| 2022 | 98.4% | 80.4% |
| 2021 | 98.3% | 79.4% |
| 2020 | 98.3% | 78.3% |
| 2019 | 98.3% | 77.2% |
| 2018 | 98.2% | 76.0% |
| 2017 | 98.1% | 74.9% |
| 2016 | 98.1% | 73.8% |
| 2015 | 97.9% | 72.6% |
| 2014 | 97.8% | 71.4% |
| 2013 | 97.7% | 70.2% |
| 2012 | 97.6% | 68.9% |
| 2011 | 97.5% | 67.8% |
| 2010 | 97.4% | 66.7% |
| 2009 | 97.3% | 65.5% |
| 2008 | 97.1% | 64.3% |
| 2007 | 97.0% | 63.1% |
| 2006 | 96.9% | 61.9% |
| 2005 | 96.8% | 60.7% |
| 2004 | 96.7% | 59.6% |
| 2003 | 96.6% | 58.4% |
| 2002 | 96.5% | 57.3% |
| 2001 | 96.4% | 55.6% |
| 2000 | 97.5% | 54.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 98.5% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 97.8%, the figure has changed by +0.6 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 82.2%.
More for European Union
All statistics for European Union
Basic drinking water access
99.1%
2024 · World Bank
Municipal waste generated per person
513i (Source flag i) kg per person
2024 · Eurostat
Recycling rate of municipal waste
49.4%i (Source flag i)
2024 · Eurostat
Total waste generated per person
4,872i (Source flag i) kg per person
2024 · Eurostat
Renewable internal freshwater per person
3,041 m³ per person
2022 · World Bank