El Salvador - Access to basic sanitation services

People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population)

People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population) in El Salvador was 70.13 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 74.18 in 2003, while its lowest value was 70.13 in 2020.

Definition: The percentage of people using at least basic sanitation services, that is, improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households. This indicator encompasses both people using basic sanitation services as well as those using safely managed sanitation services. 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 74.17
2001 74.17
2002 74.17
2003 74.18
2004 74.16
2005 74.11
2006 74.04
2007 73.94
2008 73.81
2009 73.65
2010 73.47
2011 73.26
2012 73.02
2013 72.75
2014 72.46
2015 72.14
2016 71.79
2017 71.42
2018 71.02
2019 70.59
2020 70.13

People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban population)

People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) in El Salvador was 86.90 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 89.86 in 2002, while its lowest value was 86.90 in 2020.

Definition: The percentage of people using at least basic sanitation services, that is, improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households. This indicator encompasses both people using basic sanitation services as well as those using safely managed sanitation services. 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 89.86
2001 89.86
2002 89.86
2003 89.71
2004 89.56
2005 89.42
2006 89.27
2007 89.11
2008 88.96
2009 88.81
2010 88.65
2011 88.49
2012 88.33
2013 88.17
2014 88.01
2015 87.85
2016 87.68
2017 87.52
2018 87.35
2019 87.18
2020 86.90

People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population)

People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) in El Salvador was 82.45 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 83.58 in 2003, while its lowest value was 82.45 in 2020.

Definition: The percentage of people using at least basic sanitation services, that is, improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households. This indicator encompasses both people using basic sanitation services as well as those using safely managed sanitation services. 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 83.41
2001 83.50
2002 83.58
2003 83.58
2004 83.57
2005 83.55
2006 83.51
2007 83.46
2008 83.46
2009 83.44
2010 83.41
2011 83.36
2012 83.31
2013 83.25
2014 83.17
2015 83.09
2016 83.00
2017 82.89
2018 82.78
2019 82.66
2020 82.45

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention