United Kingdom - 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 United Kingdom was 93.58 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 93.58 in 2020, while its lowest value was 93.51 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 93.51
2001 93.51
2002 93.51
2003 93.51
2004 93.51
2005 93.51
2006 93.51
2007 93.52
2008 93.53
2009 93.54
2010 93.55
2011 93.56
2012 93.57
2013 93.58
2014 93.58
2015 93.58
2016 93.58
2017 93.58
2018 93.58
2019 93.58
2020 93.58

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

People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) in United Kingdom was 98.96 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 98.96 in 2020, while its lowest value was 98.89 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 98.89
2001 98.89
2002 98.89
2003 98.89
2004 98.89
2005 98.89
2006 98.89
2007 98.90
2008 98.91
2009 98.92
2010 98.93
2011 98.94
2012 98.96
2013 98.96
2014 98.96
2015 98.96
2016 98.96
2017 98.96
2018 98.96
2019 98.96
2020 98.96

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) in United Kingdom was 98.10 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 98.10 in 2020, while its lowest value was 97.74 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 97.74
2001 97.75
2002 97.76
2003 97.78
2004 97.79
2005 97.81
2006 97.82
2007 97.85
2008 97.88
2009 97.90
2010 97.93
2011 97.95
2012 97.98
2013 98.00
2014 98.01
2015 98.03
2016 98.04
2017 98.05
2018 98.07
2019 98.08
2020 98.10

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention