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Papua New Guinea: People using at least basic sanitation services, urban

48.54percent · 2024-7.7% 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 Papua New Guinea from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202448.544
202348.943
202249.342
202149.743
202050.144
201950.547
201850.95
201751.354
201651.759
201552.164
201452.571
201352.979
201253.387
201153.796
201054.207
200954.618
200855.03
200755.371
200655.712
200556.054
200456.395
200356.395
200256.395
200156.395
200056.395

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 at least basic sanitation services, urban. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-using-at-least-basic-sanitation-services-urban (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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