Myanmar - 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 Myanmar was 64.01 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 64.01 in 2020, while its lowest value was 55.42 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 55.42
2001 56.06
2002 56.70
2003 57.34
2004 57.98
2005 58.62
2006 59.26
2007 59.90
2008 60.54
2009 60.82
2010 61.11
2011 61.40
2012 61.69
2013 61.98
2014 62.27
2015 62.56
2016 62.85
2017 63.14
2018 63.43
2019 63.72
2020 64.01

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

People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) in Myanmar was 53.41 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 66.59 in 2001, while its lowest value was 53.41 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 66.39
2001 66.59
2002 65.99
2003 65.38
2004 64.78
2005 64.17
2006 63.57
2007 62.97
2008 62.36
2009 61.60
2010 60.84
2011 60.08
2012 59.33
2013 58.58
2014 57.83
2015 57.09
2016 56.35
2017 55.61
2018 54.87
2019 54.14
2020 53.41

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) in Myanmar was 60.71 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 61.06 in 2008, while its lowest value was 58.38 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).

See also:

Year Value
2000 58.38
2001 58.92
2002 59.24
2003 59.56
2004 59.86
2005 60.17
2006 60.47
2007 60.76
2008 61.06
2009 61.05
2010 61.03
2011 61.02
2012 61.00
2013 60.98
2014 60.96
2015 60.93
2016 60.90
2017 60.86
2018 60.82
2019 60.77
2020 60.71

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention