Safely managed sanitation in New Zealand

88.8% of people in New Zealand 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
New Zealand, 2024 88.8% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 88.8%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 92.9% Middle value of 37 countries
Position in 2024 40th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation in New Zealand 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 New ZealandWorld
2024 88.8% 58.5%
2023 88.8% 57.8%
2022 88.7% 57.0%
2021 88.7% 56.1%
2020 88.6% 55.2%
2019 88.0% 54.2%
2018 87.8% 52.8%
2017 87.8% 51.3%
2016 87.7% 49.9%
2015 87.7% 48.4%
2014 87.6% 46.9%
2013 87.6% 45.5%
2012 87.5% 44.1%
2011 86.9% 42.8%
2010 86.3% 41.5%
2009 85.7% 40.2%
2008 85.1% 38.9%
2007 84.6% 37.6%
2006 84.0% 36.3%
2005 83.4% 35.1%
2004 82.8% 34.0%
2003 82.2% 32.8%
2002 81.6% 31.7%
2001 81.0% 31.7%
2000 80.4% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 88.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 87.6%, the figure has changed by +1.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, New Zealand has the 40th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 58.5%.

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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.SMSS.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for New Zealand
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