environmental2024
Proportion of safely treated domestic wastewater flows (%)
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
49.8%
Median: 41.8%
Countries Covered
153
with available data
Highest
Gibraltar
100.0%
Lowest
Greenland
0.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Gibraltar100.0%
2Kuwait100.0%
3Singapore100.0%
4Andorra100.0%
5Qatar100.0%
By Region
Oceania90.2%(2 countries)
Europe77.8%(32 countries)
North America76.8%(3 countries)
Asia62.2%(23 countries)
South America42.6%(6 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0%)High (100.0%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 49.8%)
Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
North America (3)
Asia (23)
South America (6)
Africa (8)
Other (79)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gibraltar | 100.0% |
| 2 | Kuwait | 100.0% |
| 3 | Singapore | 100.0% |
| 4 | Andorra | 100.0% |
| 5 | Qatar | 100.0% |
| 6 | Netherlands | 99.8% |
| 7 | South Korea | 99.4% |
| 8 | Switzerland | 99.3% |
| 9 | Germany | 99.1% |
| 10 | Denmark | 99.0% |
| 11 | Luxembourg | 98.8% |
| 12 | Japan | 98.6% |
| 13 | Liechtenstein | 98.1% |
| 14 | United States of America | 98.1% |
| 15 | United Kingdom | 97.2% |
| 16 | Latvia | 96.5% |
| 17 | Lithuania | 95.8% |
| 18 | Austria | 95.8% |
| 19 | Australia | 95.8% |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 95.0% |
| 21 | Israel | 95.0% |
| 22 | Bahrain | 94.1% |
| 23 | Monaco | 93.9% |
| 24 | Hong Kong | 93.2% |
| 25 | Sweden | 92.8% |
| 26 | Greece | 92.1% |
| 27 | Estonia | 91.7% |
| 28 | Czech Republic | 91.5% |
| 29 | Malaysia | 90.6% |
| 30 | San Marino | 90.2% |
| 31 | Finland | 89.5% |
| 32 | Chile | 87.9% |
| 33 | France | 86.8% |
| 34 | Belgium | 85.4% |
| 35 | Portugal | 85.3% |
| 36 | Macao | 85.2% |
| 37 | Isle of Man | 84.8% |
| 38 | New Zealand | 84.5% |
| 39 | Belarus | 83.3% |
| 40 | Slovenia | 82.1% |
| 41 | Slovakia | 82.0% |
| 42 | Spain | 81.2% |
| 43 | Poland | 79.3% |
| 44 | American Samoa | 79.1% |
| 45 | Jordan | 77.4% |
| 46 | Algeria | 76.2% |
| 47 | Tunisia | 75.9% |
| 48 | Morocco | 75.3% |
| 49 | Reunion | 74.9% |
| 50 | Bulgaria | 74.6% |
| 51 | Norway | 74.0% |
| 52 | Cyprus | 72.7% |
| 53 | French Guiana | 72.5% |
| 54 | Hungary | 72.2% |
| 55 | State of Palestine | 71.5% |
| 56 | Italy | 70.7% |
| 57 | Canada | 68.3% |
| 58 | Philippines | 68.1% |
| 59 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 65.3% |
| 60 | Mexico | 64.1% |
| 61 | People's Republic of China | 64.0% |
| 62 | Türkiye | 63.5% |
| 63 | Egypt | 62.6% |
| 64 | Saudi Arabia | 58.4% |
| 65 | Bolivia | 58.3% |
| 66 | Zimbabwe | 55.3% |
| 67 | Mongolia | 53.2% |
| 68 | Ukraine | 52.4% |
| 69 | Peru | 52.4% |
| 70 | Ireland | 50.8% |
| 71 | Georgia | 50.2% |
| 72 | Bhutan | 48.8% |
| 73 | Cambodia | 46.8% |
| 74 | Samoa | 43.8% |
| 75 | Brazil | 43.4% |
| 76 | Tuvalu | 42.7% |
| 77 | Iraq | 41.8% |
| 78 | Moldova, Republic of | 41.4% |
| 79 | Vietnam | 40.8% |
| 80 | Nigeria | 40.7% |
| 81 | Fiji | 39.9% |
| 82 | Trinidad and Tobago | 38.7% |
| 83 | Pakistan | 38.1% |
| 84 | Azerbaijan | 37.4% |
| 85 | Nauru | 35.5% |
| 86 | Dominican Republic | 34.6% |
| 87 | Croatia | 34.3% |
| 88 | Serbia | 34.0% |
| 89 | Thailand | 33.7% |
| 90 | Guyana | 33.4% |
| 91 | Kiribati | 32.9% |
| 92 | Cuba | 32.6% |
| 93 | Puerto Rico | 32.5% |
| 94 | Uzbekistan | 32.3% |
| 95 | Ecuador | 31.1% |
| 96 | Montenegro | 31.1% |
| 97 | Romania | 30.7% |
| 98 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 30.6% |
| 99 | Kazakhstan | 30.3% |
| 100 | Tonga | 30.2% |
| 101 | Nepal | 29.6% |
| 102 | Nicaragua | 29.3% |
| 103 | India | 28.8% |
| 104 | Yemen | 28.1% |
| 105 | Paraguay | 27.4% |
| 106 | Mauritius | 26.9% |
| 107 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 26.4% |
| 108 | Costa Rica | 24.1% |
| 109 | Suriname | 23.8% |
| 110 | Argentina | 23.6% |
| 111 | Kyrgyzstan | 21.9% |
| 112 | Mozambique | 21.7% |
| 113 | South Africa | 21.6% |
| 114 | Russian Federation | 21.5% |
| 115 | Guinea-Bissau | 20.0% |
| 116 | Cote d'Ivoire | 18.5% |
| 117 | Senegal | 17.2% |
| 118 | Colombia | 17.2% |
| 119 | Eswatini | 17.0% |
| 120 | Sierra Leone | 16.5% |
| 121 | Bangladesh | 16.3% |
| 122 | United Republic of Tanzania | 16.1% |
| 123 | Togo | 15.9% |
| 124 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 15.8% |
| 125 | Ghana | 15.5% |
| 126 | Myanmar | 15.2% |
| 127 | Libya | 14.4% |
| 128 | Vanuatu | 13.2% |
| 129 | El Salvador | 13.0% |
| 130 | Kenya | 11.2% |
| 131 | Djibouti | 11.1% |
| 132 | Madagascar | 11.0% |
| 133 | Republic of The Gambia | 10.5% |
| 134 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 10.3% |
| 135 | Papua New Guinea | 7.3% |
| 136 | Malta | 7.0% |
| 137 | Niger | 6.8% |
| 138 | Benin | 6.7% |
| 139 | Malawi | 6.4% |
| 140 | Mali | 6.3% |
| 141 | Afghanistan | 6.1% |
| 142 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 4.9% |
| 143 | Uganda | 3.9% |
| 144 | Lesotho | 3.0% |
| 145 | Ethiopia | 3.0% |
| 146 | Chad | 2.4% |
| 147 | Burkina Faso | 2.1% |
| 148 | Iceland | 1.6% |
| 149 | Bermuda | 1.5% |
| 150 | Central African Republic | 0.6% |
| 151 | Armenia | 0.6% |
| 152 | Faroe Islands | 0.0% |
| 153 | Greenland | 0.0% |
Showing 153 of 153 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).
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