South Asia - 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 South Asia was 48.89 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 48.89 in 2020, while its lowest value was 4.18 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 4.18
2001 5.37
2002 6.65
2003 8.68
2004 11.28
2005 13.51
2006 15.74
2007 18.00
2008 20.28
2009 22.57
2010 24.88
2011 27.21
2012 29.55
2013 31.92
2014 34.30
2015 36.69
2016 39.11
2017 41.54
2018 43.97
2019 46.41
2020 48.89

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

People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) in South Asia was 37.11 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 37.11 in 2020, while its lowest value was 22.00 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 22.00
2001 22.74
2002 23.58
2003 24.42
2004 25.27
2005 25.81
2006 26.36
2007 27.10
2008 27.86
2009 28.63
2010 29.41
2011 30.20
2012 31.00
2013 31.81
2014 32.64
2015 33.47
2016 34.32
2017 35.18
2018 35.82
2019 36.46
2020 37.11

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) in South Asia was 44.78 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 44.78 in 2020, while its lowest value was 9.06 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 9.06
2001 10.18
2002 11.39
2003 13.14
2004 15.29
2005 17.08
2006 18.86
2007 20.71
2008 22.56
2009 24.41
2010 26.27
2011 28.14
2012 30.01
2013 31.88
2014 33.76
2015 35.64
2016 37.52
2017 39.41
2018 41.20
2019 42.99
2020 44.78

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention