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India: People using at least basic sanitation services, rural

81.05percent · 2024+73.4% 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 India from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202481.045
202377.662
202274.285
202170.916
202067.554
201964.15
201860.608
201757.095
201653.611
201550.157
201446.732
201343.337
201239.972
201136.635
201033.328
200930.051
200826.803
200723.585
200620.396
200517.236
200414.106
200311.005
20027.934
20014.892
20001.889

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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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 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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