Safely managed sanitation in Spain

88.3% of people in Spain 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
Spain, 2024 88.3% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 88.3%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 92.1% Middle value of 26 countries
Position in 2024 41st of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation in Spain 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 SpainWorld
2024 88.3% 58.5%
2023 88.3% 57.8%
2022 88.5% 57.0%
2021 88.8% 56.1%
2020 89.1% 55.2%
2019 89.3% 54.2%
2018 89.6% 52.8%
2017 89.8% 51.3%
2016 90.0% 49.9%
2015 90.3% 48.4%
2014 90.5% 46.9%
2013 90.8% 45.5%
2012 91.0% 44.1%
2011 91.2% 42.8%
2010 91.4% 41.5%
2009 91.7% 40.2%
2008 91.9% 38.9%
2007 92.1% 37.6%
2006 92.3% 36.3%
2005 92.5% 35.1%
2004 92.7% 34.0%
2003 92.7% 32.8%
2002 92.7% 31.7%
2001 92.7% 31.7%
2000 92.7% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 88.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 90.5%, the figure has changed by −2.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Spain has the 41st 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 Spain
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