Peru - Access to safely managed sanitation services

People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population)

People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) in Peru was 63.53 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 63.53 in 2020, while its lowest value was 12.18 in 2000.

Definition: 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, compositing toilets or pit latrines with slabs.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).

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Year Value
2000 12.18
2001 14.40
2002 16.65
2003 18.93
2004 21.26
2005 23.62
2006 26.02
2007 28.45
2008 30.93
2009 33.44
2010 35.99
2011 38.57
2012 41.19
2013 43.85
2014 46.55
2015 49.29
2016 52.06
2017 54.87
2018 57.72
2019 60.61
2020 63.53

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) in Peru was 52.81 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 52.81 in 2020, while its lowest value was 10.65 in 2000.

Definition: 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, compositing toilets or pit latrines with slabs.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).

See also:

Year Value
2000 10.65
2001 12.33
2002 14.07
2003 15.85
2004 17.68
2005 19.55
2006 21.48
2007 23.45
2008 25.45
2009 27.50
2010 29.59
2011 31.72
2012 33.89
2013 36.11
2014 38.37
2015 40.67
2016 43.01
2017 45.40
2018 47.83
2019 50.30
2020 52.81

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention