Somalia - 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 Somalia was 20.88 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 20.88 in 2020, while its lowest value was 6.42 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 6.42
2001 6.91
2002 7.39
2003 7.87
2004 8.36
2005 9.05
2006 9.73
2007 10.40
2008 11.09
2009 11.79
2010 12.52
2011 13.27
2012 14.03
2013 14.82
2014 15.62
2015 16.45
2016 17.29
2017 18.16
2018 19.05
2019 19.95
2020 20.88

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

People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) in Somalia was 43.94 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 43.94 in 2020, while its lowest value was 34.14 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 34.14
2001 34.41
2002 34.67
2003 34.94
2004 35.20
2005 35.72
2006 36.25
2007 36.78
2008 37.31
2009 37.84
2010 38.38
2011 38.92
2012 39.47
2013 40.02
2014 40.57
2015 41.12
2016 41.68
2017 42.24
2018 42.80
2019 43.37
2020 43.94

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) in Somalia was 31.52 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 31.52 in 2020, while its lowest value was 15.64 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 15.64
2001 16.15
2002 16.66
2003 17.28
2004 17.90
2005 18.73
2006 19.57
2007 19.48
2008 20.53
2009 21.60
2010 22.69
2011 23.79
2012 24.60
2013 25.43
2014 26.27
2015 27.12
2016 27.98
2017 28.85
2018 29.73
2019 30.62
2020 31.52

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention