Safely managed sanitation in Hungary

91.7% of people in Hungary 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
Hungary, 2024 91.7% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.6percentage points 2023: 91.1%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 92.1% Middle value of 26 countries
Position in 2024 33rd of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation in Hungary 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 HungaryWorld
2024 91.7% 58.5%
2023 91.1% 57.8%
2022 90.4% 57.0%
2021 89.8% 56.1%
2020 89.2% 55.2%
2019 88.5% 54.2%
2018 87.9% 52.8%
2017 85.8% 51.3%
2016 83.6% 49.9%
2015 81.4% 48.4%
2014 79.2% 46.9%
2013 77.1% 45.5%
2012 75.1% 44.1%
2011 73.0% 42.8%
2010 71.0% 41.5%
2009 69.0% 40.2%
2008 67.1% 38.9%
2007 65.2% 37.6%
2006 63.4% 36.3%
2005 61.6% 35.1%
2004 59.8% 34.0%
2003 58.1% 32.8%
2002 56.5% 31.7%
2001 54.8% 31.7%
2000 53.3% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 91.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 79.2%, the figure has changed by +12.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Hungary has the 33rd 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 Hungary
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