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Zambia: People using at least basic sanitation services, rural

32.33percent · 2024+48.5% 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 Zambia from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202432.328
202331.355
202230.381
202129.408
202028.435
201927.295
201826.167
201725.05
201623.946
201522.853
201421.772
201320.703
201219.645
201118.6
201017.566
200916.544
200815.534
200714.536
200613.55
200512.575
200411.613
200310.662
20029.723
20018.796
20007.881

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

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