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

People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) in OECD members was 85.36 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 85.36 in 2020, while its lowest value was 78.27 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).

Year	Value
2000	78.38
2001	78.32
2002	78.27
2003	78.48
2004	78.84
2005	79.21
2006	79.58
2007	79.97
2008	80.36
2009	80.76
2010	81.18
2011	81.58
2012	82.02
2013	82.48
2014	82.94
2015	83.39
2016	83.83
2017	84.27
2018	84.69
2019	85.01
2020	85.36

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) in OECD members was 85.03 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 85.03 in 2020, while its lowest value was 76.77 in 2000.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).

Year	Value
2000	76.77
2001	76.88
2002	77.03
2003	77.33
2004	77.75
2005	78.20
2006	78.66
2007	79.12
2008	79.59
2009	80.05
2010	80.52
2011	80.98
2012	81.47
2013	81.96
2014	82.46
2015	82.95
2016	83.44
2017	83.89
2018	84.33
2019	84.69
2020	85.03

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Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention