Ireland - 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 Ireland was 72.95 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 72.95 in 2020, while its lowest value was 62.41 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 62.41
2001 62.84
2002 63.28
2003 63.73
2004 64.19
2005 64.66
2006 65.14
2007 65.64
2008 66.15
2009 66.67
2010 67.20
2011 67.74
2012 68.29
2013 69.09
2014 69.90
2015 70.72
2016 71.55
2017 72.24
2018 72.50
2019 72.73
2020 72.95

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

People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) in Ireland was 88.58 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 88.58 in 2020, while its lowest value was 48.06 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 48.06
2001 50.39
2002 52.72
2003 55.13
2004 57.54
2005 59.96
2006 62.38
2007 64.79
2008 67.21
2009 69.63
2010 72.06
2011 74.48
2012 76.90
2013 79.33
2014 81.75
2015 84.18
2016 86.61
2017 88.47
2018 88.58
2019 88.58
2020 88.58

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) in Ireland was 82.90 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 82.90 in 2020, while its lowest value was 53.92 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 53.92
2001 55.44
2002 56.98
2003 58.57
2004 60.19
2005 61.82
2006 63.46
2007 65.12
2008 66.80
2009 68.49
2010 70.19
2011 71.90
2012 73.63
2013 75.45
2014 77.29
2015 79.14
2016 81.00
2017 82.45
2018 82.66
2019 82.78
2020 82.90

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention