United Arab Emirates - Access to safely managed sanitation services

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) in United Arab Emirates was 99.23 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 99.23 in 2020, while its lowest value was 74.57 in 2002.

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
2002 74.57
2003 74.57
2004 74.57
2005 74.57
2006 74.57
2007 76.12
2008 77.67
2009 79.69
2010 81.71
2011 83.74
2012 85.76
2013 87.78
2014 89.81
2015 91.83
2016 93.85
2017 95.88
2018 97.90
2019 99.15
2020 99.23

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention