Australia vs Luxembourg: Share of population using safely managed sanitation

Australia
95.8%
in 2024
Luxembourg
96.3%
in 2024
Australia rank
22nd
Luxembourg rank
20th

Share of population using safely managed sanitation over time

  • Australia
  • Luxembourg
020406080100200020122024

How they compare

Luxembourg currently reports 96.3% against 95.8% in Australia, a difference of 0.5%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 22nd and Luxembourg ranks 20th 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
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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.