December 15, 2022
On Saturday, November 19, 2022 was the World Toilet Day. This day highlights the importance of good sanitation and access to clean and safe toilets for all.
In the Netherlands there is work to be done because it recent research has shown that one in five people regularly stay home because of the lack of toilets. We can therefore say that this is a social problem. In order to draw attention to this problem, on World Toilet Day we annually publish the well-known ranking of "the most toilet-friendly municipality in the Netherlands". But not only on World Toilet Day should attention be paid to (the solution of) this social problem. As far as we are concerned, it should always be on the agenda. That is why we zoom in on one of our 12 provinces each month, giving insight into how the municipalities within that province are doing.
We do not go down the provinces in alphabetical order, but based on the best municipality of the worst province to be found We start this month with the province of Groningen because municipality Groningen has finished in position 124. Below
Province of Groningen - Municipality of Groningen (124) - December
Province of Flevoland - Municipality of Noordoostpolder (90) - January
Province of Gelderland - Municipality of Harderwijk (16) - February
Province of Overijssel - Municipality of Losser (11) - March
Province of Drenthe - Municipality of Assen (10) - April
Province of North Brabant - Municipality of Vught (7) - May
Province of Limburg - Municipality of Roermond (6)- June
Province of South Holland -Municipality of Rotterdam (5) - July
Province of North Holland - Municipality of Alkmaar (4) - August
Province of Friesland - Municipality of Schiermonnikoog (3) - September
Province of Utrecht - Municipality of Utrecht (2) - October
Province of Zeeland - Municipality of Veere (1) - November
So the most toilet-friendly municipality in the province of Groningen is the municipality of Groningen. With a total of 537 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 Groningen, we have divided up 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 Groningen), a total of 2,611 residents have to share one public/open toilet, with a total of 90 toilets. In the least scoring municipality (municipality of Pekela), there are 3 toilets for residents, leaving 4,065 residents to share the toilet. There is plenty of room for improvement! The number of people who have to share a toilet is 1 out of 6 indicators on which the national ranking is based.
Each month, we communicate the population per toilet of all municipalities within the county currently in the spotlight via our newsletter. Would you also like to be the first to receive this data in your mailbox every month? Then sign up for the newsletter!
We have listed the full rankings of municipalities within the province of Groningen 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 view it in landscape or on a desktop.
| Place | (+/-) | Municipality | Toilets | Residents on 1 toilet |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  0 |
Groningen | 90 | 2.611 |
| 2 | 0 |
The Hogeland | 19 | 2.527 |
| 3 | 0 |
Ems Delta | 16 | 2.837 |
| 4 | 0 |
Oldambt | 14 | 2.752 |
| 5 | 0 |
Westerkwartier | 21 | 3.062 |
| 6 | 0 |
Veendam | 5 | 5.493 |
| 7 | 0 |
Stadskanaal | 9 | 3.539 |
| 8 | 0 |
Westerwolde | 9 | 2.952 |
| 9 | 0 |
Mid-Groningen | 18 | 3.383 |
| 10 | 0 |
Pekela | 3 | 4.065 |
