Samoa - 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 Samoa was 50.15 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 50.94 in 2007, while its lowest value was 50.15 in 2018.

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 50.42
2001 50.42
2002 50.42
2003 50.42
2004 50.42
2005 50.60
2006 50.77
2007 50.94
2008 50.87
2009 50.80
2010 50.73
2011 50.65
2012 50.58
2013 50.51
2014 50.44
2015 50.36
2016 50.29
2017 50.22
2018 50.15
2019 50.15
2020 50.15

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

People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) in Samoa was 36.59 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 38.73 in 2007, while its lowest value was 36.59 in 2018.

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 38.62
2001 38.62
2002 38.62
2003 38.62
2004 38.62
2005 38.66
2006 38.70
2007 38.73
2008 38.54
2009 38.34
2010 38.15
2011 37.95
2012 37.76
2013 37.56
2014 37.37
2015 37.17
2016 36.98
2017 36.78
2018 36.59
2019 36.59
2020 36.59

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) in Samoa was 47.72 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 48.41 in 2007, while its lowest value was 47.67 in 2018.

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 47.83
2001 47.82
2002 47.83
2003 47.86
2004 47.89
2005 48.06
2006 48.24
2007 48.41
2008 48.34
2009 48.27
2010 48.20
2011 48.13
2012 48.06
2013 48.00
2014 47.93
2015 47.87
2016 47.80
2017 47.74
2018 47.67
2019 47.70
2020 47.72

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention