Albania vs China: Share of population using safely managed sanitation

Albania

69.3%

in 2024

China

68.9%

in 2024

Albania rank

69th

China rank

70th

Share of population using safely managed sanitation over time

Albania
China

How they compare

Albania currently reports 69.3% against 68.9% in China, a difference of 0.4%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Albania ahead.

Albania ranks 69th and China ranks 70th of 150 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Share of population using safely managed sanitation
Unit: %
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 150 places, 3,667 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Proportion of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed in situ or transported and treated off-site.