Colombia - 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 Colombia was 16.60 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 16.60 in 2020, while its lowest value was 14.23 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 14.23
2001 14.35
2002 14.47
2003 14.59
2004 14.70
2005 14.82
2006 14.94
2007 15.06
2008 15.18
2009 15.29
2010 15.41
2011 15.53
2012 15.65
2013 15.77
2014 15.89
2015 16.00
2016 16.12
2017 16.24
2018 16.36
2019 16.48
2020 16.60

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) in Colombia was 18.31 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 18.31 in 2020, while its lowest value was 15.16 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 15.16
2001 15.33
2002 15.50
2003 15.66
2004 15.83
2005 15.99
2006 16.15
2007 16.31
2008 16.47
2009 16.63
2010 16.79
2011 16.95
2012 17.10
2013 17.26
2014 17.41
2015 17.56
2016 17.72
2017 17.87
2018 18.02
2019 18.17
2020 18.31

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention