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Safely treated domestic wastewater flows
Country comparison of safely treated domestic wastewater flows in 2024, from the official United Nations SDG Global Database series EN_WWT_WWDS.
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Key Insights
Global Average
50.6%
Median: 42.7%
Countries Covered
141
with available data
Highest
Kuwait
100.0%
Lowest
Greenland
0.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Kuwait100.0%
2Singapore100.0%
3Andorra100.0%
4Qatar99.9%
5Netherlands99.8%
By Region
Oceania90.2%(2 countries)
Europe77.8%(32 countries)
North America76.8%(3 countries)
Asia64.9%(21 countries)
South America45.3%(4 countries)
Key Findings
- •141 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite 2024 observation.
- •Kuwait has the highest published value (100%).
- •Greenland has the lowest published value (0%).
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: 50.6%)
Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
North America (3)
Asia (21)
South America (4)
Africa (8)
Other (71)
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
Proportion of domestic wastewater flows that are safely treated.
Values are fixed-year 2024 observations from the UN SDG Global Database. Aggregates, missing values, non-finite values, and non-ISO geographies are excluded rather than estimated.
Methodology
Proportion of domestic wastewater flows that are safely treated under the SDG 6.3.1 methodology.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuwait | 100.0% |
| 2 | Singapore | 100.0% |
| 3 | Andorra | 100.0% |
| 4 | Qatar | 99.9% |
| 5 | Netherlands | 99.8% |
| 6 | South Korea | 99.4% |
| 7 | Switzerland | 99.3% |
| 8 | Germany | 99.1% |
| 9 | Denmark | 99.0% |
| 10 | Luxembourg | 98.8% |
| 11 | Japan | 98.6% |
| 12 | United States of America | 98.1% |
| 13 | United Kingdom | 97.2% |
| 14 | Latvia | 96.5% |
| 15 | Lithuania | 95.8% |
| 16 | Austria | 95.8% |
| 17 | Australia | 95.8% |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 95.0% |
| 19 | Israel | 95.0% |
| 20 | Bahrain | 94.1% |
| 21 | Monaco | 93.9% |
| 22 | Hong Kong | 93.2% |
| 23 | Sweden | 92.8% |
| 24 | Greece | 92.1% |
| 25 | Estonia | 91.7% |
| 26 | Czech Republic | 91.5% |
| 27 | Malaysia | 90.6% |
| 28 | San Marino | 90.2% |
| 29 | Finland | 89.5% |
| 30 | Chile | 87.9% |
| 31 | France | 86.7% |
| 32 | Belgium | 85.4% |
| 33 | Portugal | 85.3% |
| 34 | Macao | 85.2% |
| 35 | Isle of Man | 84.8% |
| 36 | New Zealand | 84.5% |
| 37 | Belarus | 83.3% |
| 38 | Slovenia | 82.1% |
| 39 | Slovakia | 82.0% |
| 40 | Spain | 81.2% |
| 41 | Poland | 79.3% |
| 42 | American Samoa | 79.1% |
| 43 | Jordan | 77.4% |
| 44 | Algeria | 76.2% |
| 45 | Tunisia | 75.9% |
| 46 | Morocco | 75.3% |
| 47 | Reunion | 74.9% |
| 48 | Bulgaria | 74.6% |
| 49 | Norway | 74.0% |
| 50 | Cyprus | 72.7% |
| 51 | French Guiana | 72.5% |
| 52 | Hungary | 72.2% |
| 53 | State of Palestine | 71.5% |
| 54 | Italy | 70.7% |
| 55 | Canada | 68.3% |
| 56 | Philippines | 68.0% |
| 57 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 65.3% |
| 58 | Mexico | 64.1% |
| 59 | People's Republic of China | 64.0% |
| 60 | Türkiye | 63.4% |
| 61 | Egypt | 62.6% |
| 62 | Saudi Arabia | 58.4% |
| 63 | Zimbabwe | 55.2% |
| 64 | Mongolia | 53.2% |
| 65 | Ukraine | 52.4% |
| 66 | Peru | 52.4% |
| 67 | Ireland | 50.8% |
| 68 | Georgia | 50.2% |
| 69 | Bhutan | 48.8% |
| 70 | Samoa | 43.8% |
| 71 | Tuvalu | 42.7% |
| 72 | Iraq | 41.8% |
| 73 | Moldova, Republic of | 41.4% |
| 74 | Vietnam | 40.8% |
| 75 | Nigeria | 40.7% |
| 76 | Fiji | 39.9% |
| 77 | Trinidad and Tobago | 38.7% |
| 78 | Azerbaijan | 37.4% |
| 79 | Nauru | 35.5% |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 34.6% |
| 81 | Croatia | 34.3% |
| 82 | Serbia | 34.0% |
| 83 | Thailand | 33.7% |
| 84 | Guyana | 33.4% |
| 85 | Kiribati | 32.9% |
| 86 | Cuba | 32.6% |
| 87 | Puerto Rico | 32.5% |
| 88 | Montenegro | 31.1% |
| 89 | Romania | 30.7% |
| 90 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 30.6% |
| 91 | Kazakhstan | 30.3% |
| 92 | Tonga | 30.2% |
| 93 | Nepal | 29.6% |
| 94 | Nicaragua | 29.3% |
| 95 | India | 28.8% |
| 96 | Paraguay | 27.4% |
| 97 | Mauritius | 26.9% |
| 98 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 26.4% |
| 99 | Costa Rica | 24.1% |
| 100 | Suriname | 23.8% |
| 101 | Argentina | 23.6% |
| 102 | Kyrgyzstan | 21.9% |
| 103 | Mozambique | 21.7% |
| 104 | South Africa | 21.6% |
| 105 | Russian Federation | 21.4% |
| 106 | Guinea-Bissau | 20.0% |
| 107 | Cote d'Ivoire | 18.5% |
| 108 | Senegal | 17.2% |
| 109 | Colombia | 17.2% |
| 110 | Eswatini | 17.0% |
| 111 | Sierra Leone | 16.4% |
| 112 | Bangladesh | 16.3% |
| 113 | United Republic of Tanzania | 16.1% |
| 114 | Togo | 15.9% |
| 115 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 15.8% |
| 116 | Ghana | 15.5% |
| 117 | Myanmar | 15.2% |
| 118 | Vanuatu | 13.2% |
| 119 | Albania | 12.7% |
| 120 | Kenya | 11.2% |
| 121 | Djibouti | 11.1% |
| 122 | Madagascar | 10.9% |
| 123 | Republic of The Gambia | 10.5% |
| 124 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 10.3% |
| 125 | Papua New Guinea | 7.3% |
| 126 | Malta | 7.0% |
| 127 | Niger | 6.8% |
| 128 | Benin | 6.7% |
| 129 | Malawi | 6.4% |
| 130 | Mali | 6.3% |
| 131 | Afghanistan | 6.1% |
| 132 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 4.9% |
| 133 | Uganda | 3.9% |
| 134 | Lesotho | 3.0% |
| 135 | Ethiopia | 3.0% |
| 136 | Chad | 2.3% |
| 137 | Burkina Faso | 2.1% |
| 138 | Iceland | 1.6% |
| 139 | Bermuda | 1.5% |
| 140 | Armenia | 0.6% |
| 141 | Greenland | 0.0% |
Showing 141 of 141 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from United Nations SDG Global Database (2024).
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