As of 2020, 23 percent of Sub-Saharan Africa's urban population had access to safely managed sanitation services. Among the rural inhabitants, the share was slightly lower, at 19 percent. For both urban and rural populations, the coverage improved minimally in comparison to 2015.
Coverage of safely managed sanitation services in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2015 and 2020, by area of residence
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The source defines safely managed sanitation services as the "use of improved facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of in situ or removed and treated off-site".
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