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Afghanistan: People using at least basic sanitation services, rural

47.58percent · 2024+30.9% since 2014

The percentage of people using at least basic sanitation services, that is, improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households. This indicator encompasses both people using basic sanitation services as well as those using safely managed sanitation services. Improved sanitation facilities include flush/pour flush to piped sewer systems, septic tanks or pit latrines; ventilated improved pit latrines, composting toilets or pit latrines with slabs. Annual figures for Afghanistan from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202447.576
202346.504
202245.421
202144.326
202043.219
201942.101
201840.971
201739.83
201638.677
201537.512
201436.335
201335.147
201233.947
201132.736
201031.513
200930.278
200829.031
200727.773
200626.504
200525.117
200423.73
200322.343
200220.956
200119.569
200019.569

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Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). People using at least basic sanitation services, rural. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-using-at-least-basic-sanitation-services-rural (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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