People using safely managed sanitation services in New Zealand
New Zealand: People using safely managed sanitation services was 88.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People using safely managed sanitation services in New Zealand, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 88.8% for people using safely managed sanitation services in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using safely managed sanitation services in New Zealand peaked at 88.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 80.4%, in 2000.
New Zealand ranks 40th of 146 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.
People using safely managed sanitation services in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 80.4% | — |
| 2001 | 81.0% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 81.6% | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 82.2% | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 82.8% | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 83.4% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 84.0% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 84.6% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 85.1% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 85.7% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 86.3% | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 86.9% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 87.5% | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 87.6% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 87.6% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 87.7% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 87.7% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 87.8% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 87.8% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 88.0% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 88.6% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 88.7% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 88.7% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 88.8% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 88.8% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 83.1% | 80.4% | 85.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 87.5% | 86.3% | 88.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.7% | 88.6% | 88.8% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is people using safely managed sanitation services in New Zealand?
- People using safely managed sanitation services in New Zealand was 88.8% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest people using safely managed sanitation services recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 88.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people using safely managed sanitation services recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 80.4% in 2000.
- How does New Zealand rank for people using safely managed sanitation services?
- New Zealand ranks 40th out of 146 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using safely managed sanitation services rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The percentage of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of in situ or transported and treated offsite. Improved sanitation facilities include flush/pour flush to piped sewer systems, septic tanks or pit latrines: ventilated improved pit latrines, composting toilets or pit latrines with slabs.