Egypt - 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 Egypt was 62.74 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 62.74 in 2020, while its lowest value was 46.17 in 2003.

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 46.29
2001 46.25
2002 46.21
2003 46.17
2004 47.11
2005 48.05
2006 49.00
2007 49.95
2008 50.91
2009 51.87
2010 52.84
2011 53.81
2012 54.78
2013 55.76
2014 56.74
2015 57.73
2016 58.72
2017 59.72
2018 60.72
2019 61.73
2020 62.74

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

People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) in Egypt was 72.85 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 72.85 in 2020, while its lowest value was 64.50 in 2003.

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 64.67
2001 64.62
2002 64.56
2003 64.50
2004 64.93
2005 65.35
2006 65.78
2007 66.21
2008 66.64
2009 67.07
2010 67.50
2011 67.94
2012 68.37
2013 68.81
2014 69.25
2015 69.73
2016 70.42
2017 71.10
2018 71.80
2019 72.49
2020 72.85

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) in Egypt was 67.06 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 67.06 in 2020, while its lowest value was 54.04 in 2003.

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 54.16
2001 54.12
2002 54.08
2003 54.04
2004 54.77
2005 55.50
2006 56.23
2007 56.96
2008 57.68
2009 58.41
2010 59.15
2011 59.88
2012 60.62
2013 61.36
2014 62.10
2015 62.86
2016 63.72
2017 64.58
2018 65.45
2019 66.32
2020 67.06

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention