El Salvador - 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 El Salvador was 17.06 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 18.78 in 2002, while its lowest value was 17.06 in 2020.

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 18.78
2001 18.78
2002 18.78
2003 18.69
2004 18.59
2005 18.50
2006 18.41
2007 18.31
2008 18.22
2009 18.13
2010 18.03
2011 17.94
2012 17.85
2013 17.76
2014 17.66
2015 17.57
2016 17.48
2017 17.39
2018 17.30
2019 17.20
2020 17.06

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention