People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population)

Dataset SH.STA.BASS.ZS published by World Bank, World Development Indicators. This page describes the source table. The measures below are the specific selections this site takes from it.

About the source table

Publisher: World Bank, World Development Indicators
Original producer: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
Code: SH.STA.BASS.ZS
Last update by provider: 8 October 2026
Last checked here: 9 November 2026
Licence (series metadata): CC BY-4.0
Source note: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: washdata.org, publisher: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org), date accessed: 2025-09-30, date published: 2025-08-25; UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), uri: washdata.org, note: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene

Definition published with the series

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.

Measures taken from this dataset

Measure	Fixed selection	Unit
People using at least basic sanitation services	SH.STA.BASS.ZS	% of population