Safely managed sanitation in Serbia

24.1% of people in Serbia used safely managed sanitation in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using safely managed sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Serbia, 2024 24.1% % of population
Change from 2023 −0.4percentage points 2023: 24.4%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 120th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation in Serbia 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 SerbiaWorld
2024 24.1% 58.5%
2023 24.4% 57.8%
2022 24.8% 57.0%
2021 25.1% 56.1%
2020 25.5% 55.2%
2019 25.8% 54.2%
2018 26.1% 52.8%
2017 26.4% 51.3%
2016 26.7% 49.9%
2015 27.0% 48.4%
2014 27.2% 46.9%
2013 27.5% 45.5%
2012 27.7% 44.1%
2011 28.0% 42.8%
2010 28.2% 41.5%
2009 28.5% 40.2%
2008 28.7% 38.9%
2007 29.0% 37.6%
2006 29.2% 36.3%
2005 29.4% 35.1%
2004 29.5% 34.0%
2003 29.5% 32.8%
2002 29.6% 31.7%
2001 29.6% 31.7%
2000 29.6% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 24.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 27.2%, the figure has changed by −3.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Serbia has the 120th 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 Serbia
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