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New Zealand vs Romania: Share of population using safely managed sanitation

New Zealand
88.8%
in 2024
Romania
89.8%
in 2024
New Zealand rank
41st
Romania rank
40th

Share of population using safely managed sanitation over time

  • New Zealand
  • Romania
020406080200020122024

How they compare

Romania currently reports 89.8% against 88.8% in New Zealand, a difference of 1.0%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was New Zealand ahead.

New Zealand ranks 41st and Romania ranks 40th 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.