Switzerland - 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 Switzerland was 98.95 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 98.95 in 2020, while its lowest value was 98.83 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 98.83
2001 98.83
2002 98.83
2003 98.83
2004 98.83
2005 98.83
2006 98.83
2007 98.83
2008 98.83
2009 98.83
2010 98.83
2011 98.84
2012 98.85
2013 98.86
2014 98.87
2015 98.88
2016 98.89
2017 98.90
2018 98.90
2019 98.90
2020 98.95

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

People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) in Switzerland was 99.90 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 99.90 in 2020, while its lowest value was 99.90 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 99.90
2001 99.90
2002 99.90
2003 99.90
2004 99.90
2005 99.90
2006 99.90
2007 99.90
2008 99.90
2009 99.90
2010 99.90
2011 99.90
2012 99.90
2013 99.90
2014 99.90
2015 99.90
2016 99.90
2017 99.90
2018 99.90
2019 99.90
2020 99.90

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) in Switzerland was 99.65 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 99.65 in 2020, while its lowest value was 99.61 in 2001.

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 99.62
2001 99.61
2002 99.62
2003 99.62
2004 99.62
2005 99.62
2006 99.62
2007 99.62
2008 99.62
2009 99.62
2010 99.62
2011 99.62
2012 99.62
2013 99.63
2014 99.63
2015 99.63
2016 99.64
2017 99.64
2018 99.64
2019 99.64
2020 99.65

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention