This is a list of countries by access to improved sanitation facilities, which includes access to toilets and safe drinking water.
Methods
Figures used in this chart are based on data compiled and uploaded by the World Bank in May 2013 through their World Development Indicators initiative. The information was provided by the respective governments of the listed countries. As the compiled figures are not collected with the same methodology and with different levels of rigor, there are limitations in their reliability in forming comparisons.
Sanitation as defined by the World Health Organization:who.int
The United Nations states that improved sanitation facilities "ensure hygienic separation of human excreta from human contact."
The Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation of WHO and UNICEF has defined improved sanitation as follows: flush toilet,WHO and UNICEF types of improved drinking-water source on the JMP website, WHO, Geneva and UNICEF, New York, accessed on June 10, 2012 connection to a piped sewer system, connection to a septic system, flush/pour-flush to a pit latrine, ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrine, pit latrine with slab, composting toilet and/or some special cases.WHO and UNICEF , ibid.
The World Bank states:
Countries The following table shows the percentage of people using at least basic sanitation services, based on World Bank data.
Country20002005201020152020 2227354350 8992959899 8486878786 6565635754 100100100100100 2835414752 82848688 87909395 8789919394 98989898 100100100100100 100100100100100 62728596 88909395 100100100100100 2431394754 8991949698 9293959898 9999999999 8284868788 911131517 100100100100100 4755637077 3540485766 95959595 5259677580 7378828690 97979797 8686868686 1114172022 4546464646 4050617079 1023385369 3839414345 1001001009999 848484 2120181614 1010101112 92959799100 5766768492 7580848994 29333436 1214161920 9495969798 2123273135 9696969697 8888899091 98989999 1001001009999 9999999999 100100100100100 4748556167 64707780 7780828587 2422201715 6974808692 9193949697 8384838382 55606466 8101112 100100999999 4852566164 34679 8083899699 9999999999 9999999999 9898989797 3439444950 5146464647 9189888786 9999999999 711151924 100100100100100 9898999999 100100100100100 90919291 89899090 6264656768 913182430 58111418 7981838586 1722273337 6369747984 9797979797 9898989898 9999999999 1428435873 3849617486 7882858890 70748393100 100100100100100 100100100100100 100100100100100 8384858687 100100100100100 9998989797 9797979898 3131323233 3237414346 100100100100100 9293959798 2843567079 8889909292 7781879499 820304150 1315161718 9091919292 100100100100100 959898100100 9898989898 100100100100100 4681012 2122242527 979899100 7582889499 1622293745 100100100100100 80828384 1723324350 90929496 7781858992 25466788 7475757679 100100100100100 4550566268 939698 6873788387 915222937 6366697174 2830323435 66666666 1427425977 9898989898 100100100100100 100100100100100 5762677273 58101315 2931343843 75788285 8989929598 7576777879 9898989898 8992969999 3140505867 91949799100 6267737985 1818191919 7077828893 6368717579 6163697582 8992959994 97989999100 989999100100 100100100100100 75798387 8486878889 4552586469 9495959697 100100100100100 2027344148 989999100100 3742475257 9596979798 949698100100 1012131517 100100100100100 98999999 10099989898 9898989898 Small states6163687172 2022273235 2024293439 5964697478 100100100100100 1116 100100100100100 77818691100 86909395 8585848383 999999100100 71778387 2122283537 7880838690 9999999999 100100100100100 9091919090 9092939597 512192632 9294959799 40465157 1011131619 8990939393 9091939494 7782879297 8790939699 9394959799 81838688 808384 1718181920 9495969798 97989999 9999999999 100100100100100 9394959798 939699100100 5656555353 93949596 5262718189 9999999999 9091949699 4548505254 2225273032 4544413835
See also List of countries by access to clean water List of countries by Human Development Index List of responsibilities in the water supply and sanitation sector in Latin America and the Caribbean Water supply and sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa Workers' right to access the toilet
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