St. Lucia - Access to basic sanitation services

People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population)

People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population) in St. Lucia was 84.28 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 85.52 in 2003, while its lowest value was 84.12 in 2014.

Definition: The percentage of people using at least basic sanitation services, that is, improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households. This indicator encompasses both people using basic sanitation services as well as those using safely managed sanitation services. 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 85.52
2001 85.52
2002 85.52
2003 85.52
2004 85.39
2005 85.27
2006 85.14
2007 85.01
2008 84.89
2009 84.76
2010 84.63
2011 84.51
2012 84.38
2013 84.25
2014 84.12
2015 84.20
2016 84.27
2017 84.30
2018 84.28
2019 84.28
2020 84.28

People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban population)

People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) in St. Lucia was 79.44 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 83.57 in 2003, while its lowest value was 76.55 in 2014.

Definition: The percentage of people using at least basic sanitation services, that is, improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households. This indicator encompasses both people using basic sanitation services as well as those using safely managed sanitation services. 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 83.57
2001 83.57
2002 83.57
2003 83.57
2004 83.07
2005 82.55
2006 82.00
2007 81.42
2008 80.81
2009 80.17
2010 79.50
2011 78.81
2012 78.08
2013 77.33
2014 76.55
2015 77.27
2016 77.99
2017 78.72
2018 79.44
2019 79.44
2020 79.44

People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population)

People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) in St. Lucia was 83.37 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 85.02 in 2003, while its lowest value was 82.72 in 2014.

Definition: The percentage of people using at least basic sanitation services, that is, improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households. This indicator encompasses both people using basic sanitation services as well as those using safely managed sanitation services. 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 84.97
2001 84.98
2002 85.00
2003 85.02
2004 84.83
2005 84.64
2006 84.45
2007 84.26
2008 84.07
2009 83.88
2010 83.69
2011 83.46
2012 83.22
2013 82.97
2014 82.72
2015 82.91
2016 83.10
2017 83.26
2018 83.38
2019 83.37
2020 83.37

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention