The Gambia - 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 The Gambia was 24.19 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 57.28 in 2000, while its lowest value was 24.19 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 57.28
2001 55.57
2002 53.85
2003 52.28
2004 50.69
2005 49.10
2006 47.51
2007 45.90
2008 44.28
2009 42.66
2010 41.02
2011 39.38
2012 37.73
2013 36.07
2014 34.40
2015 32.72
2016 31.03
2017 29.34
2018 27.63
2019 25.92
2020 24.19

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

People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) in The Gambia was 31.82 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 31.85 in 2019, while its lowest value was 26.68 in 2004.

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 27.89
2001 27.59
2002 27.29
2003 26.98
2004 26.68
2005 27.35
2006 27.97
2007 28.55
2008 29.08
2009 29.57
2010 30.00
2011 30.39
2012 30.74
2013 31.04
2014 31.29
2015 31.49
2016 31.65
2017 31.76
2018 31.83
2019 31.85
2020 31.82

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) in The Gambia was 28.97 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 43.21 in 2000, while its lowest value was 28.97 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 43.21
2001 41.92
2002 40.65
2003 39.49
2004 38.38
2005 37.79
2006 37.20
2007 36.62
2008 36.04
2009 35.47
2010 34.89
2011 34.31
2012 33.74
2013 33.16
2014 32.58
2015 31.99
2016 31.40
2017 30.81
2018 30.20
2019 29.59
2020 28.97

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention