Upper middle income - 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 Upper middle income was 39.51 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 39.51 in 2020, while its lowest value was 8.74 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).

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Year Value
2000 8.74
2001 8.79
2002 9.46
2003 10.31
2004 11.27
2005 12.33
2006 13.50
2007 14.78
2008 16.16
2009 17.64
2010 19.24
2011 20.94
2012 22.73
2013 24.62
2014 26.61
2015 28.68
2016 30.84
2017 33.12
2018 35.43
2019 37.88
2020 39.51

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

People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) in Upper middle income was 66.62 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 66.62 in 2020, while its lowest value was 32.59 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 32.59
2001 32.65
2002 32.75
2003 34.30
2004 35.92
2005 37.61
2006 39.35
2007 41.13
2008 42.96
2009 44.84
2010 46.77
2011 48.73
2012 50.79
2013 52.88
2014 55.01
2015 57.16
2016 59.34
2017 61.55
2018 63.78
2019 66.00
2020 66.62

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) in Upper middle income was 57.83 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 57.83 in 2020, while its lowest value was 20.54 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 20.54
2001 20.80
2002 21.41
2003 22.85
2004 24.40
2005 26.04
2006 27.76
2007 29.57
2008 31.46
2009 33.44
2010 35.49
2011 37.60
2012 39.80
2013 42.06
2014 44.38
2015 46.75
2016 49.17
2017 51.64
2018 54.14
2019 56.66
2020 57.83

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention