Bangladesh - 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 Bangladesh was 41.86 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 41.86 in 2020, while its lowest value was 15.24 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 15.24
2001 16.35
2002 17.45
2003 18.56
2004 19.66
2005 20.93
2006 22.20
2007 23.50
2008 24.81
2009 26.13
2010 27.48
2011 28.84
2012 30.22
2013 31.61
2014 33.02
2015 34.45
2016 35.90
2017 37.36
2018 38.84
2019 40.34
2020 41.86

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

People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) in Bangladesh was 33.51 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 33.51 in 2020, while its lowest value was 25.50 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 25.50
2001 26.27
2002 27.04
2003 27.81
2004 28.58
2005 28.92
2006 29.27
2007 29.60
2008 29.94
2009 30.26
2010 30.58
2011 30.90
2012 31.21
2013 31.52
2014 31.82
2015 32.11
2016 32.40
2017 32.69
2018 32.97
2019 33.24
2020 33.51

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) in Bangladesh was 38.67 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 38.67 in 2020, while its lowest value was 17.66 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 17.66
2001 18.74
2002 19.82
2003 20.91
2004 21.99
2005 23.07
2006 24.15
2007 25.22
2008 26.29
2009 27.36
2010 28.42
2011 29.48
2012 30.53
2013 31.58
2014 32.62
2015 33.65
2016 34.67
2017 35.69
2018 36.69
2019 37.68
2020 38.67

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention