Safely managed sanitation in Lithuania

96.4% of people in Lithuania 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
Lithuania, 2024 96.4% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 96.4%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 92.1% Middle value of 26 countries
Position in 2024 19th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation 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 safely managed sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period LithuaniaWorld
2024 96.4% 58.5%
2023 96.4% 57.8%
2022 95.9% 57.0%
2021 95.3% 56.1%
2020 94.8% 55.2%
2019 94.0% 54.2%
2018 93.2% 52.8%
2017 92.5% 51.3%
2016 91.7% 49.9%
2015 90.9% 48.4%
2014 90.1% 46.9%
2013 89.4% 45.5%
2012 88.6% 44.1%
2011 87.8% 42.8%
2010 87.1% 41.5%
2009 86.4% 40.2%
2008 85.7% 38.9%
2007 85.2% 37.6%
2006 84.7% 36.3%
2005 84.2% 35.1%
2004 83.8% 34.0%
2003 83.3% 32.8%
2002 82.9% 31.7%
2001 82.4% 31.7%
2000 82.0% 31.3%

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 90.1%, the figure has changed by +6.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Lithuania has the 19th 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 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