Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population) - Country Ranking - Europe

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene is deaths attributable to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene focusing on inadequate WASH services per 100,000 population. Death rates are calculated by dividing the number of deaths by the total population. In this estimate, only the impact of diarrhoeal diseases, intestinal nematode infections, and protein-energy malnutrition are taken into account.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Serbia 0.70 2016
2 Germany 0.60 2016
3 Romania 0.40 2016
4 Turkey 0.30 2016
4 Ukraine 0.30 2016
4 Denmark 0.30 2016
4 France 0.30 2016
4 Belgium 0.30 2016
4 Cyprus 0.30 2016
10 Czech Republic 0.20 2016
10 Albania 0.20 2016
10 United Kingdom 0.20 2016
10 Spain 0.20 2016
10 Portugal 0.20 2016
10 Netherlands 0.20 2016
10 Norway 0.20 2016
10 Hungary 0.20 2016
10 Sweden 0.20 2016
19 Ireland 0.10 2016
19 Iceland 0.10 2016
19 Italy 0.10 2016
19 Lithuania 0.10 2016
19 Luxembourg 0.10 2016
19 Latvia 0.10 2016
19 Moldova 0.10 2016
19 North Macedonia 0.10 2016
19 Malta 0.10 2016
19 Montenegro 0.10 2016
19 Poland 0.10 2016
19 Slovak Republic 0.10 2016
19 Slovenia 0.10 2016
19 Estonia 0.10 2016
19 Finland 0.10 2016
19 Greece 0.10 2016
19 Croatia 0.10 2016
19 Austria 0.10 2016
19 Bulgaria 0.10 2016
19 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.10 2016
19 Belarus 0.10 2016
19 Switzerland 0.10 2016

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Development Relevance: Unsafe drinking water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene are important causes of death. Most diarrheal deaths in the world are caused by unsafe water, sanitation or hygiene. According to the World Health Organization, in addition to diarrea, the following diseases could be prevented if adequate WASH services are provided: malnutrition, intestinal nematode infections, lymphatic filariasis, trachoma, schistosomiasis and malaria.

Limitations and Exceptions: Some countries do not have death registration data or sample registration systems. The estimates on this indicator need to be completed with other type of information for these countries.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual