Proportion of population using limited sanitation services in Portugal

Portugal: Proportion of population using limited sanitation services was 0.3408 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.3408
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
162nd
of 231 countries
All-time high
0.3408
in 2024
All-time low
0.3076
in 2000
Years of data
25
2000–2024

Proportion of population using limited sanitation services in Portugal, 2000–2024

00.10.20.32000201220242000: 0.3082001: 0.3092002: 0.3112003: 0.3122004: 0.3142005: 0.3152006: 0.3172007: 0.3182008: 0.322009: 0.3212010: 0.3232011: 0.3242012: 0.3262013: 0.3272014: 0.3282015: 0.332016: 0.3312017: 0.3332018: 0.3342019: 0.3352020: 0.3372021: 0.3382022: 0.3392023: 0.342024: 0.341

Source: UNICEF.

Analysis

The most recent figure for proportion of population using limited sanitation services in Portugal is 0.3408, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, proportion of population using limited sanitation services in Portugal peaked at 0.3408 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.3076, in 2000.

Portugal ranks 162nd of 231 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.

Proportion of population using limited sanitation services in Portugal, year by year

Annual values for Proportion of population using limited sanitation services (Sanitation) in Portugal, 2000 to 2024.
Year Value Change
2000 0.3076
2001 0.3092 +0.5%
2002 0.3107 +0.5%
2003 0.3122 +0.5%
2004 0.3137 +0.5%
2005 0.3152 +0.5%
2006 0.3167 +0.5%
2007 0.3182 +0.5%
2008 0.3197 +0.5%
2009 0.3212 +0.5%
2010 0.3227 +0.5%
2011 0.3241 +0.5%
2012 0.3256 +0.4%
2013 0.327 +0.4%
2014 0.3284 +0.4%
2015 0.3298 +0.4%
2016 0.3312 +0.4%
2017 0.3326 +0.4%
2018 0.334 +0.4%
2019 0.3353 +0.4%
2020 0.3366 +0.4%
2021 0.3377 +0.3%
2022 0.3387 +0.3%
2023 0.3398 +0.3%
2024 0.3408 +0.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.3144 0.3076 0.3212 10
2010s 0.3291 0.3227 0.3353 10
2020s 0.3387 0.3366 0.3408 5

Countries ranked near Portugal

  1. 159 Azerbaijan 0.4475 compare
  2. 160 Uruguay 0.4365 compare
  3. 161 Denmark 0.4028 compare
  4. 163 Costa Rica 0.3338 compare
  5. 164 Türkiye 0.329 compare
  6. 165 Palestine, State of 0.3267 compare

See the full ranking of 292 places →

More population data for Portugal

All data for Portugal →

Frequently asked questions

What is proportion of population using limited sanitation services in Portugal?
Proportion of population using limited sanitation services in Portugal was 0.3408 in 2024, according to UNICEF.
What is the highest proportion of population using limited sanitation services recorded in Portugal?
The highest recorded value was 0.3408 in 2024.
What is the lowest proportion of population using limited sanitation services recorded in Portugal?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3076 in 2000.
How does Portugal rank for proportion of population using limited sanitation services?
Portugal ranks 162nd out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
Is proportion of population using limited sanitation services rising or falling in Portugal?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Portugal data come from?
The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Proportion of population using limited sanitation services (Sanitation). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 25 observations, free to reuse under UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Proportion of population using limited sanitation services in Portugal. Statizoid, drawing on UNICEF. Retrieved 23 August 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/stat/proportion-of-population-using-limited-sanitation-services-sanitation/portugal/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://population.statizoid.com/stat/proportion-of-population-using-limited-sanitation-services-sanitation/portugal/">Proportion of population using limited sanitation services in Portugal</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Proportion of population using limited sanitation services (Sanitation)
Source
UNICEF
Licence
UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
292 places, 7,089 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed