Italy vs Macao: Share of population using safely managed sanitation

Italy

78.2%

in 2024

Macao

80.0%

in 2024

Italy rank

55th

Macao rank

52nd

Share of population using safely managed sanitation over time

Italy
Macao

How they compare

Macao currently reports 80.0% against 78.2% in Italy, a difference of 1.7%.

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

Italy ranks 55th and Macao ranks 52nd of 150 countries.

Individual pages

Share of population using safely managed sanitation in Italy
Share of population using safely managed sanitation in Macao
Full country ranking

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.