West Bank and Gaza - 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 West Bank and Gaza was 48.04 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 48.04 in 2020, while its lowest value was 13.94 in 2003.

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 13.99
2001 13.98
2002 13.96
2003 13.94
2004 14.02
2005 14.32
2006 16.39
2007 18.48
2008 20.60
2009 22.74
2010 24.91
2011 27.11
2012 29.33
2013 31.58
2014 33.85
2015 36.15
2016 38.47
2017 40.83
2018 43.20
2019 45.61
2020 48.04

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

People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) in West Bank and Gaza was 72.35 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 72.35 in 2020, while its lowest value was 55.16 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 55.16
2001 55.23
2002 55.30
2003 55.37
2004 55.66
2005 55.96
2006 56.35
2007 57.45
2008 58.55
2009 59.67
2010 60.78
2011 61.91
2012 63.04
2013 64.18
2014 65.33
2015 66.48
2016 67.64
2017 68.81
2018 69.98
2019 71.17
2020 72.35

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) in West Bank and Gaza was 66.69 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 66.69 in 2020, while its lowest value was 43.62 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 43.62
2001 43.76
2002 43.89
2003 44.03
2004 44.35
2005 44.74
2006 45.67
2007 47.12
2008 48.57
2009 50.04
2010 51.51
2011 52.99
2012 54.49
2013 55.99
2014 57.49
2015 59.01
2016 60.53
2017 62.06
2018 63.60
2019 65.14
2020 66.69

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention