Safely managed sanitation by country, 2024, European Union (27 countries)
People using an improved, unshared sanitation facility where excreta are safely disposed of on site or treated off site.
26 places ranked for 2024. Highest: Malta (100.0%). Lowest: Bulgaria (75.7%). The median is 92.1%.
Members since the United Kingdom left the EU on 31 January 2020. About this group
Highest 10
- 1. Malta 100.0%
- 2. Denmark 98.9%
- 3. Austria 98.5%
- 4. Poland 97.8%
- 5. Netherlands 97.5%
- 6. Germany 96.8%
- 7. Lithuania 96.4%
- 8. Luxembourg 96.3%
- 9. Sweden 95.4%
- 10. Belgium 94.9%
Lowest 10
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malta | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 2 | Denmark | 98.9% | 2024 | |
| 3 | Austria | 98.5% | 2024 | |
| 4 | Poland | 97.8% | 2024 | |
| 5 | Netherlands | 97.5% | 2024 | |
| 6 | Germany | 96.8% | 2024 | |
| 7 | Lithuania | 96.4% | 2024 | |
| 8 | Luxembourg | 96.3% | 2024 | |
| 9 | Sweden | 95.4% | 2024 | |
| 10 | Belgium | 94.9% | 2024 | |
| 11 | Portugal | 93.9% | 2024 | |
| 12 | Greece | 92.9% | 2024 | |
| 13 | Latvia | 92.5% | 2024 | |
| 14 | Hungary | 91.7% | 2024 | |
| 15 | Czechia | 91.4% | 2024 | |
| 16 | Estonia | 90.6% | 2024 | |
| 17 | Finland | 90.1% | 2024 | |
| 18 | France | 90.0% | 2024 | |
| 19 | Romania | 89.8% | 2024 | |
| 20 | Spain | 88.3% | 2024 | |
| 21 | Slovenia | 84.5% | 2024 | |
| 22 | Slovakia | 83.4% | 2024 | |
| 23 | Ireland | 81.3% | 2024 | |
| 24 | Italy | 78.2% | 2024 | |
| 25 | Cyprus | 77.0% | 2024 | |
| 26 | Bulgaria | 75.7% | 2024 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2024, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2024 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by World Bank; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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