Basic sanitation access in Lithuania

96.4% of people in Lithuania 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
Lithuania, 2024 96.4% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 96.4%
European Union, 2024 98.5% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 99.0% Middle value of 26 countries
Position in 2024 88th of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation access in Lithuania 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), 2015 to 2024
Period Lithuania
2024 96.4%
2023 96.4%
2022 95.9%
2021 95.3%
2020 94.8%
2019 94.2%
2018 93.7%
2017 93.1%
2016 92.5%
2015 92.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 96.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 91.4%, the figure has changed by +5.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Lithuania has the 88th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 98.5%.

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.BASS.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Lithuania
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