People using safely managed sanitation services in Greece

Greece: People using safely managed sanitation services was 92.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
92.9%
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
30th
of 146 countries
All-time high
92.9%
in 2024
All-time low
77.9%
in 2000
Years of data
25
2000–2024

People using safely managed sanitation services in Greece, 2000–2024

0204060801002000201220242000: 77.9 % of population2001: 78.5 % of population2002: 79.1 % of population2003: 79.7 % of population2004: 80.4 % of population2005: 81 % of population2006: 81.6 % of population2007: 82.3 % of population2008: 82.9 % of population2009: 83.5 % of population2010: 84.1 % of population2011: 84.8 % of population2012: 85.4 % of population2013: 86 % of population2014: 86.6 % of population2015: 87.2 % of population2016: 87.8 % of population2017: 88.4 % of population2018: 89.1 % of population2019: 89.7 % of population2020: 90.4 % of population2021: 91 % of population2022: 91.6 % of population2023: 92.3 % of population2024: 92.9 % of population

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.

Analysis

Greece recorded 92.9% for people using safely managed sanitation services in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 7.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, people using safely managed sanitation services in Greece peaked at 92.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 77.9%, in 2000.

Greece ranks 30th of 146 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 80.7% 77.9% 83.5% 10
2010s 86.9% 84.1% 89.7% 10
2020s 91.6% 90.4% 92.9% 5

Countries ranked near Greece

  1. 27 Portugal 93.9% compare
  2. 28 Bahrain 93.4% compare
  3. 29 Kyrgyzstan 93.0% compare
  4. 31 Latvia 92.5% compare
  5. 32 Ukraine 92.4% compare
  6. 33 Hungary 91.7% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is people using safely managed sanitation services in Greece?
People using safely managed sanitation services in Greece was 92.9% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO).
What is the highest people using safely managed sanitation services recorded in Greece?
The highest recorded value was 92.9% in 2024.
What is the lowest people using safely managed sanitation services recorded in Greece?
The lowest recorded value was 77.9% in 2000.
How does Greece rank for people using safely managed sanitation services?
Greece ranks 30th out of 146 countries with data for 2024.
Is people using safely managed sanitation services rising or falling in Greece?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Greece data come from?
The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)
Unit
% of population
Source
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
176 places, 4,319 data points, 2000–2024
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The percentage of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of in situ or transported and treated offsite. Improved sanitation facilities include flush/pour flush to piped sewer systems, septic tanks or pit latrines: ventilated improved pit latrines, composting toilets or pit latrines with slabs.