Regional coverage of safely managed sanitation facilities varies greatly around the world. Roughly 96 percent of the populations in Australia and New Zealand, and Europe and Northern America had access to safely managed services in 2022. In comparison, just 24 percent had access to these services in Sub-Saharan Africa. Since 2000, the number of people with access to safely managed sanitation services is estimated to have more than doubled worldwide.
Proportion of regional populations with access to sanitation facilities worldwide in 2022, by type
*SAFELY MANAGED: Use of improved facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of in situ or removed and treated offsite BASIC Use of improved facilities that are not shared with other households.
LIMITED: Use of improved facilities that are shared with other households.
UNIMPROVED: Use of pit latrines without a slab or platform, hanging latrines or bucket latrines.
OPEN DEFECATION: Disposal of human feces in fields, forests, bushes, open bodies of water, beaches or other open places, or with solid waste
Figures may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding.
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