Portugal - 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 Portugal was 92.67 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 92.67 in 2020, while its lowest value was 54.85 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 54.85
2001 54.90
2002 54.95
2003 54.99
2004 57.51
2005 60.03
2006 62.55
2007 65.08
2008 67.60
2009 70.13
2010 72.66
2011 75.19
2012 77.72
2013 80.26
2014 82.79
2015 85.33
2016 87.87
2017 90.41
2018 92.67
2019 92.67
2020 92.67

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) in Portugal was 85.08 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 85.08 in 2020, while its lowest value was 50.67 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 50.67
2001 50.84
2002 51.01
2003 51.17
2004 53.34
2005 55.53
2006 57.73
2007 59.94
2008 62.17
2009 64.42
2010 66.68
2011 68.95
2012 71.23
2013 73.53
2014 75.85
2015 78.17
2016 80.51
2017 82.78
2018 84.83
2019 84.96
2020 85.08

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention