Feb. 15, 2023
On Saturday, November 19, 2022, it was World Toilet Day. On this day, attention is paid to the importance of good sanitation and access to clean and safe toilets for all.
In the Netherlands, there is work to be done because according to recent research has shown that one in five people regularly stay home because of the lack of toilets. It is therefore safe to say that this is a social problem. To draw attention to this problem on World Toilet Day we annually make the well-known ranking of "the most toilet-friendly municipality of the Netherlands" is announced.
Not only on World Toilet Day should attention be paid to (the solution of) this social problem. As far as we are concerned, this should always be on the agenda. That is why we zoom in on one of our 12 provinces every month on our website, giving insight into how the municipalities within that province are doing. Would you also like to be the first to receive this data in your mailbox every month? Sign up for the newsletter!
We go down the provinces not in alphabetical order, but by the best municipality of the worst province to be found. Last month it was the province of Flevoland and now it is Gelderland. Below is the month of publication for each province.
December 2022 - Province of Groningen - Municipality of Groningen (124)
January 2023 - Province of Flevoland - Municipality of Noordoostpolder (90)
February 2023 - Province of Gelderland - Municipality of Harderwijk (16)
March 2023 - Province of Overijssel - Municipality of Losser (11)
April 2023 - Province of Drenthe - Municipality of Assen (10)
May 2023 - Province of North Brabant - Municipality of Vught (7)
June 2023 - Province of Limburg - Municipality of Roermond (7) Province of Limburg - Municipality of Roermond (6)
July 2023 - Province of South Holland -Municipality of Rotterdam (5)
August 2023 - Province of North Holland - Municipality of Alkmaar (4)
September 2023 - Province of Friesland - Municipality of Schiermonnikoog (3)
Oktokber 2023 - Province of Utrecht - Municipality of Utrecht (2)
November 2023 - Province of Zeeland - Municipality of Veere (1)
The most toilet-friendly municipality in the province of Gelderland is the municipality of Harderwijk. With a total of 686 points, they managed to secure 1st place.
In order to paint a vivid and clear picture of the need for more toilets for the municipalities within the province of Gelderland, we have made a breakdown of the number of inhabitants per available toilet for each municipality. We want to emphasize that visitors and tourists to the municipality are not included here at
.
For example, even in the best scoring municipality in this province (municipality of Gelderland), a total of 1,685 residents have to share one public/open toilet, with a total of 29 toilets. In the least scoring municipality (municipality of Rozendaal), there are no toilets for the residents so the no residents can share the toilet. There is plenty of room for improvement! The number of people who have to share a toilet is 1 of the 6 indicators on which the national ranking is based.
We have listed the full rankings of municipalities within the province of Gelderland for you below and whether they have increased or decreased in the province compared to last year.
For a full view of the table, it is best to turn your mobile in landscape or look at it on a desktop.
| Place | (+/-) | Municipality | Toilets | Residents on 1 toilet |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  3 |
Harderwijk | 29 | 1.685 |
| 2 |  1 |
Druten | 13 | 1.475 |
| 3 | 8 |
Nunspeet | 21 | 1.344 |
| 4 | 1 |
Old IJsselstreek |
117 | 337 |
| 5 | 1 |
West Betuwe | 39 | 1.333 |
| 6 | 10 |
Culemborg | 33 | 891 |
| 7 |  0 |
Elburg | 14 | 1.696 |
| 8 | 0 |
Arnhem | 79 | 2.075 |
| 9 | 1 |
Apeldoorn | 70 | 2.366 |
| 10 | 7 |
Aalten | 15 | 1.807 |
| 11 | 9 |
Winterswijk | 22 | 1.327 |
| 12 | 0 |
Wijchen | 18 | 2.297 |
| 13 | 4 |
Ermelo | 15 | 1.817 |
| 14 | 1 |
Nijkerk | 24 | 1.846 |
| 15 | 0 |
Zutphen | 21 | 2.301 |
| 16 | 2 |
Epe | 13 | 2.558 |
| 17 | 1 |
Doesburg | 2 | 5.518 |
| 18 | 1 |
Overbetuwe | 26 | 1.856 |
| 19 | 0 |
Pigeons | 11 | 2.268 |
| 20 | 2 |
Heerde | 9 | 2.108 |
| 21 | 1 |
Doetinchem | 23 | 2.545 |
| 22 | 1 |
Front | 12 | 2.083 |
| 23 | 11 |
Rheden | 25 | 1.737 |
| 24 | 0 |
Zaltbommel | 11 | 2.723 |
| 25 | 1 |
Ede | 51 | 2.353 |
| 26 | 1 |
Heumen | 7 | 2.454 |
| 27 | 2 |
Renkum | 8 | 3.920 |
| 28 | 3 |
Wells | 10 | 2.460 |
| 29 | 1 |
Wageningen | 13 | 3.072 |
| 30 | 0 |
Barneveld | 23 | 2.634 |
| 31 | 0 |
Berg and Dal | 11 | 3.177 |
| 32 | 11 |
Nijmegen | 59 | 3.036 |
| 33 | 1 |
Brummen | 7 | 2.984 |
| 34 | 4 |
Oldebroek | 8 | 2.991 |
| 35 | 4 |
Zevenaar | 13 | 3.434 |
| 36 | 1 |
Oost Gelre | 10 | 2.960 |
| 37 | 4 |
Montferland | 13 | 2.797 |
| 38 | 2 |
Hattem | 5 | 2.461 |
| 39 | 1 |
Lingewaard | 11 | 4.269 |
| 40 | 3 |
Scherpenzeel | 4 | 2.579 |
| 41 | 0 |
Neder-Betuwe | 8 | 3.129 |
| 42 | 8 |
West Maas and Waal |
2 | 9.838 |
| 43 | 1 |
Lochem | 10 | 3.407 |
| 44 | 1 |
Berkelland | 13 | 3.373 |
| 45 | 2 |
Neighbours | 9 | 3.017 |
| 46 | 2 |
Tiel | 13 | 3.252 |
| 47 | 1 |
Maasdriel | 5 | 5.101 |
| 48 | 1 |
Westervoort | 3 | 4.981 |
| 49 | 1 |
Beuningen | 5 | 5.247 |
| 50 | 1 |
Bronckhorst | 7 | 5.154 |
| 51 | 1 |
Rozendaal | 0 |
Nationally, with 686 points , the municipality of Harderwijk ranks 16th out of a total of 344 municipalities in the Netherlands at that time. If you compare this with the 1,000 points that can be achieved, there is still plenty of room for improvement.
With a few simple steps, it is possible for every municipality to finish even higher in the national rankings in the coming year. There are more than enough achievable opportunities for all municipalities to become more toilet-friendly and thus not only more inclusive, but also more welcoming.
These include:
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For those who want to discover where their own municipality ended up, we have the complete ranking of all 344 for World Toilet Day 2022 also as an interesting article. In it you can read how the list came about and how many points each municipality managed to achieve in 2022. There is also the map which provides insight into the proximity of all notified toilets in the HogeNood app.
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