Korea - Access to safely managed sanitation services

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) in Korea was 99.94 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 99.94 in 2019, while its lowest value was 75.61 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 75.61
2001 76.90
2002 78.19
2003 79.49
2004 80.79
2005 82.09
2006 83.40
2007 84.70
2008 86.01
2009 87.32
2010 88.63
2011 89.94
2012 91.26
2013 92.58
2014 93.90
2015 95.22
2016 96.52
2017 97.74
2018 98.96
2019 99.94
2020 99.94

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention