Tonga - 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 Tonga was 36.97 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 38.80 in 2011, while its lowest value was 34.63 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 34.63
2001 34.63
2002 34.63
2003 34.63
2004 34.63
2005 35.33
2006 36.03
2007 36.73
2008 37.43
2009 38.12
2010 38.71
2011 38.80
2012 38.71
2013 38.50
2014 38.29
2015 38.07
2016 37.85
2017 37.64
2018 37.42
2019 37.19
2020 36.97

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

People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) in Tonga was 23.24 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 28.93 in 2009, while its lowest value was 23.24 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 28.60
2001 28.60
2002 28.60
2003 28.60
2004 28.60
2005 28.66
2006 28.73
2007 28.80
2008 28.87
2009 28.93
2010 28.89
2011 28.31
2012 27.73
2013 27.16
2014 26.58
2015 26.02
2016 25.45
2017 24.89
2018 24.34
2019 23.78
2020 23.24

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) in Tonga was 33.80 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 36.41 in 2010, while its lowest value was 33.24 in 2004.

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 33.24
2001 33.24
2002 33.24
2003 33.24
2004 33.24
2005 33.79
2006 34.34
2007 34.89
2008 35.43
2009 35.97
2010 36.41
2011 36.34
2012 36.14
2013 35.85
2014 35.56
2015 35.27
2016 34.97
2017 34.68
2018 34.39
2019 34.10
2020 33.80

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention