Tanzania: schools with sanitation facilities

Roughly 89 percent of schools in Tanzania had access to improved sanitation facilities in 2018. Nearly 11 percent used unimproved facilities, such as pit latrines without a slab or platform, hanging latrines, and bucket latrines. Less than one percent of schools had no toilet facilities, what could have been just a temporary situation, as the governmental policies state that a school cannot be established without a toilet.

Share of schools with access to sanitation facilities in Tanzania as of 2018

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Release date

February 2020

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Region

Tanzania

Survey time period

November 01 to December 10, 2018

Number of respondents

2,396 schools

Method of interview

Questionnaire

Supplementary notes

From the total number of schools, 2,240 were located in Tanzania Mainland and 156 in Zanzibar.

According to the source, improved sanitation facilities are those that have been designed to hygienically separate excreta from human contact. It includes flush/pour flush to piped sewer system, septic tanks or pit latrines, ventilated improved pit latrines, composting toilets or pit latrines with slabs. Unimproved facilities include pit latrines without a slab or platform, hanging latrines and bucket latrines.

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