High income - Access to safely managed sanitation services

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

People using safely managed sanitation services, rural (% of rural population) in High income was 60.28 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 60.28 in 2020, while its lowest value was 52.46 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 52.46
2001 52.65
2002 52.95
2003 53.12
2004 53.33
2005 53.55
2006 53.77
2007 54.00
2008 54.24
2009 54.49
2010 54.95
2011 55.49
2012 56.05
2013 56.62
2014 57.18
2015 57.74
2016 58.30
2017 58.83
2018 59.35
2019 59.89
2020 60.28

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

People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) in High income was 88.86 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 88.86 in 2020, while its lowest value was 81.19 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 81.19
2001 81.40
2002 81.64
2003 81.90
2004 82.23
2005 82.58
2006 82.93
2007 83.30
2008 83.68
2009 84.06
2010 84.51
2011 84.98
2012 85.44
2013 85.90
2014 86.37
2015 86.82
2016 87.26
2017 87.69
2018 88.11
2019 88.50
2020 88.86

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) in High income was 87.03 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 87.30 in 2011, while its lowest value was 83.66 in 2012.

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 83.77
2001 83.96
2002 84.18
2003 84.41
2004 84.73
2005 85.09
2006 85.45
2007 85.81
2008 86.17
2009 86.53
2010 86.92
2011 87.30
2012 83.66
2013 84.13
2014 84.59
2015 85.05
2016 85.50
2017 85.92
2018 86.32
2019 86.70
2020 87.03

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention