Papua New Guinea - 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 Papua New Guinea was 28.34 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 31.50 in 2004, while its lowest value was 28.34 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 31.50
2001 31.50
2002 31.50
2003 31.50
2004 31.50
2005 31.16
2006 30.81
2007 30.47
2008 30.13
2009 29.98
2010 29.82
2011 29.67
2012 29.52
2013 29.38
2014 29.23
2015 29.08
2016 28.93
2017 28.78
2018 28.63
2019 28.49
2020 28.34

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention