Mexico - 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 Mexico was 59.65 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 59.65 in 2020, while its lowest value was 18.05 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 18.05
2001 18.08
2002 18.12
2003 20.20
2004 22.30
2005 24.43
2006 26.59
2007 28.77
2008 30.98
2009 33.22
2010 35.49
2011 37.78
2012 40.10
2013 42.45
2014 44.82
2015 47.22
2016 49.65
2017 52.11
2018 54.60
2019 57.11
2020 59.65

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) in Mexico was 57.34 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 57.34 in 2020, while its lowest value was 17.83 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).

See also:

Year Value
2000 17.83
2001 17.97
2002 18.10
2003 19.99
2004 21.92
2005 23.88
2006 25.87
2007 27.90
2008 29.97
2009 32.07
2010 34.20
2011 36.37
2012 38.57
2013 40.80
2014 43.07
2015 45.36
2016 47.70
2017 50.06
2018 52.45
2019 54.88
2020 57.34

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention