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Number of people with and without access to safe sanitation, World, 2000 to 2015

Safely managed sanitation is defined as the use of an improved sanitation facility which is not shared with other households and where:
• excreta is safely disposed in situ or
• excreta is transported and treated off-site.

2000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015With access to safe sanitationWithout access to safe sanitation