France - Access to safely managed sanitation services

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) in France was 78.59 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 79.24 in 2002, while its lowest value was 78.59 in 2020.

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 79.24
2001 79.24
2002 79.24
2003 79.20
2004 79.16
2005 79.12
2006 79.08
2007 79.04
2008 79.00
2009 78.96
2010 78.92
2011 78.88
2012 78.84
2013 78.80
2014 78.76
2015 78.72
2016 78.68
2017 78.64
2018 78.60
2019 78.59
2020 78.59

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention