Using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population in Austria
Austria: Using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population was 100.0% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population in Austria, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Austria recorded 100.0% for using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population in Austria peaked at 100.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 100.0%, in 2017.
Austria ranks 5th of 124 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Austria
- 4 Kuwait 100.0% compare
- 6 Switzerland 99.8% compare
- 7 Chile 99.2% compare
- 8 United Kingdom 99.0% compare
More population data for Austria
- World population growth -0.2% (2100)
- Population density 89.67 people per km² (2100)
- Number of children under 5, by world region 297,643 people (2100)
- Population growth rate, by level of development -0.2% (2100)
- Total fertility rate vs. contraceptive prevalence 1.31 births per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception 1.31 births per woman (2024)
- Refugees by country of asylum 284,828 people (2024)
- Total fertility rate vs. wanted fertility rate 1.31 births per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. Share of people who are religious 1.32 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age 1.31 children per women (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population in Austria?
- Using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population in Austria was 100.0% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 100.0% in 2017.
- How does Austria rank for using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population?
- Austria ranks 5th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.