Yemen - Access to safely managed sanitation services

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

People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) in Yemen was 60.61 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 70.41 in 2002, while its lowest value was 60.61 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 70.41
2001 70.41
2002 70.41
2003 69.85
2004 69.29
2005 68.45
2006 67.61
2007 66.78
2008 65.96
2009 65.14
2010 64.32
2011 63.51
2012 62.70
2013 61.89
2014 61.10
2015 61.42
2016 61.26
2017 61.09
2018 60.93
2019 60.77
2020 60.61

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) in Yemen was 18.84 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 25.01 in 2002, while its lowest value was 17.43 in 2015.

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 24.77
2001 24.89
2002 25.01
2003 24.63
2004 24.10
2005 23.48
2006 22.86
2007 22.24
2008 21.62
2009 20.99
2010 20.36
2011 19.72
2012 19.09
2013 18.45
2014 17.81
2015 17.43
2016 17.72
2017 18.01
2018 18.29
2019 18.57
2020 18.84

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention