As of 2020, 23 percent of Sub-Saharan Africa's urban population had access to safely managed sanitation services. Among the rural inhabitants, the share was slightly lower, at 19 percent. For both urban and rural populations, the coverage improved minimally in comparison to 2015.
Coverage of safely managed sanitation services in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2015 and 2020, by area of residence
The source defines safely managed sanitation services as the "use of improved facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of in situ or removed and treated off-site".
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Joint Monitoring Programme WASH. (July 1, 2021). Coverage of safely managed sanitation services in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2015 and 2020, by area of residence [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1266725/coverage-of-safely-managed-sanitation-services-in-sub-saharan-africa/
Joint Monitoring Programme WASH. "Coverage of safely managed sanitation services in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2015 and 2020, by area of residence." Chart. July 1, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1266725/coverage-of-safely-managed-sanitation-services-in-sub-saharan-africa/
Joint Monitoring Programme WASH. (2021). Coverage of safely managed sanitation services in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2015 and 2020, by area of residence. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1266725/coverage-of-safely-managed-sanitation-services-in-sub-saharan-africa/
Joint Monitoring Programme WASH. "Coverage of Safely Managed Sanitation Services in Sub-saharan Africa in 2015 and 2020, by Area of Residence." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jul 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1266725/coverage-of-safely-managed-sanitation-services-in-sub-saharan-africa/
Joint Monitoring Programme WASH, Coverage of safely managed sanitation services in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2015 and 2020, by area of residence Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1266725/coverage-of-safely-managed-sanitation-services-in-sub-saharan-africa/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Coverage of safely managed sanitation services in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2015 and 2020, by area of residence [Graph], Joint Monitoring Programme WASH, July 1, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1266725/coverage-of-safely-managed-sanitation-services-in-sub-saharan-africa/
