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Malawi: People using safely managed sanitation services, urban

41.16percent · 2024+32.2% since 2014

The percentage of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of in situ or transported and treated offsite. 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 Malawi from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202441.162
202341.162
202241.162
202139.926
202038.685
201937.44
201836.19
201734.936
201633.677
201532.413
201431.145
201329.872
201228.595
201127.313
201026.026
200924.735
200823.439
200722.139
200620.834
200519.524
200418.21
200318.265
200218.319
200118.374
200018.401

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). People using safely managed sanitation services, urban. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-using-safely-managed-sanitation-services-urban (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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