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Papua New Guinea
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban population)

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.

Global rank#148out of 171 countries
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Historical trend

56.454.452.550.548.5200020122024Papua New Guinea · 2024: 49Papua New Guinea

Analytical takeaways

  • Papua New Guinea records 49 for People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) in 2024, ranking #148 globally out of 171 countries.
  • People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) declined from 56 in 2000 to 49 in 2024, a decrease of 8.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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