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

People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) in Argentina was 47.12 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 47.12 in 2020, while its lowest value was 44.52 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).

Year	Value
2000	44.52
2001	44.66
2002	44.80
2003	44.94
2004	45.09
2005	45.23
2006	45.37
2007	45.51
2008	45.65
2009	45.79
2010	45.94
2011	46.08
2012	46.22
2013	46.37
2014	46.51
2015	46.65
2016	46.80
2017	46.82
2018	46.73
2019	46.65
2020	47.12

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) in Argentina was 51.26 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 16 years was 51.26 in 2016, while its lowest value was 47.84 in 2000.

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

Year	Value
2000	47.84
2001	48.05
2002	48.26
2003	48.47
2004	48.69
2005	48.90
2006	49.11
2007	49.33
2008	49.54
2009	49.76
2010	49.97
2011	50.19
2012	50.40
2013	50.62
2014	50.83
2015	51.05
2016	51.26

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Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention