Dominican Republic - Access to basic sanitation services

People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population)

People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population) in Dominican Republic was 77.06 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 77.06 in 2020, while its lowest value was 70.12 in 2000.

Definition: The percentage of people using at least basic sanitation services, that is, improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households. This indicator encompasses both people using basic sanitation services as well as those using safely managed sanitation services. 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 70.12
2001 70.47
2002 70.81
2003 71.15
2004 71.50
2005 71.84
2006 72.19
2007 72.53
2008 72.88
2009 73.23
2010 73.57
2011 73.92
2012 74.27
2013 74.61
2014 74.96
2015 75.31
2016 75.66
2017 76.01
2018 76.36
2019 76.71
2020 77.06

People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban population)

People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) in Dominican Republic was 89.32 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 89.32 in 2020, while its lowest value was 82.05 in 2000.

Definition: The percentage of people using at least basic sanitation services, that is, improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households. This indicator encompasses both people using basic sanitation services as well as those using safely managed sanitation services. 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 82.05
2001 82.41
2002 82.77
2003 83.13
2004 83.49
2005 83.85
2006 84.21
2007 84.57
2008 84.93
2009 85.29
2010 85.66
2011 86.02
2012 86.38
2013 86.75
2014 87.11
2015 87.48
2016 87.85
2017 88.21
2018 88.58
2019 88.95
2020 89.32

People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population)

People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) in Dominican Republic was 87.18 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 87.18 in 2020, while its lowest value was 77.49 in 2000.

Definition: The percentage of people using at least basic sanitation services, that is, improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households. This indicator encompasses both people using basic sanitation services as well as those using safely managed sanitation services. 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 77.49
2001 77.94
2002 78.39
2003 78.89
2004 79.41
2005 79.93
2006 80.45
2007 80.96
2008 81.47
2009 81.98
2010 82.48
2011 82.97
2012 83.45
2013 83.93
2014 84.40
2015 84.87
2016 85.34
2017 85.81
2018 86.27
2019 86.73
2020 87.18

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention