Iraq - 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 Iraq was 44.39 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 45.16 in 2019, while its lowest value was 32.87 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 32.87
2001 34.25
2002 35.62
2003 37.00
2004 38.38
2005 38.80
2006 39.23
2007 39.66
2008 40.09
2009 40.53
2010 40.98
2011 41.43
2012 41.89
2013 42.35
2014 42.82
2015 43.29
2016 43.76
2017 44.24
2018 44.73
2019 45.16
2020 44.39

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

People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) in Iraq was 42.25 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 42.29 in 2019, while its lowest value was 32.91 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 32.91
2001 33.03
2002 33.14
2003 33.26
2004 33.38
2005 33.88
2006 34.38
2007 34.88
2008 35.38
2009 36.04
2010 36.71
2011 37.38
2012 38.06
2013 38.74
2014 39.44
2015 40.14
2016 40.85
2017 41.56
2018 42.12
2019 42.29
2020 42.25

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) in Iraq was 42.88 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 43.13 in 2019, while its lowest value was 32.90 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 32.90
2001 33.41
2002 33.92
2003 34.43
2004 34.94
2005 35.42
2006 35.89
2007 36.37
2008 36.84
2009 37.43
2010 38.03
2011 38.62
2012 39.23
2013 39.84
2014 40.46
2015 41.09
2016 41.72
2017 42.36
2018 42.89
2019 43.13
2020 42.88

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention