Country

year(s)
Drinking Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)

Basic Drinking Water, Sanitation & Hygiene Services

Basic drinking water Basic sanitation Basic hygiene

100 2
1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0

1 1 1
4
14 11 17
23
22 28
80 15 8 0 .0 8 0 .0

18
50
57
35 64
10 24
60 6 0 .0 6 0 .0
Percent

6 47 45

40 4 0 .0 4 0 .0
17
72
32 18
58
20
47
20 2 0 .0
2 0 .0

20 33
27 23
16 15
8
0 0 .0
0 .0

National Urban Rural National Urban Rural National Urban Rural

At least basic At least basic Basic
Limited Limited Limited
No facility
Unimproved Unimproved No permission to see
Percent of population by drinking water, sanitation and hygiene coverage

Drinking water ladder: At least basic drinking water services (SDG 1.4.1) refer to an improved source, provided collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a roundtrip including
queuing. Improved drinking water sources are those that have the potential to deliver safe water by nature of their design and construction, and include: piped water, boreholes or tubewells,
protected dug wells, protected springs, rainwater, and packaged or delivered water. Limited refers to an improved source more than 30 minutes roundtrip. Unimproved sources include
unprotected dug wells and unprotected springs. No service refers to the direct collection of water from surface waters such as rivers, lakes or irrigation channels.

Sanitation ladder: At least basic sanitation services (SDG 1.4.1) refer to the use of improved facilities which are not shared with other households. Improved sanitation facilities are those
designed to hygienically separate excreta from human contact, and include: flush/pour flush to piped sewer system, septic tanks or pit latrines; ventilated improved pit latrines, composting
toilets or pit latrines with slabs. Limited sanitation service refers to an improved facility shared with other households. Unimproved sanitation facilities include flush/pour flush to an open
drain, pit latrines without a slab, hanging latrines and bucket latrines. No service refers to the practice of open defecation.

Hygiene ladder: A basic hygiene service (SDG 1.4.1 & SDG 6.2.1) refers to the availability of a handwashing facility on premises with soap and water. Handwashing facilities may be fixed
or mobile and include a sink with tap water, buckets with taps, tippy-taps, and jugs or basins designated for handwashing. Soap includes bar soap, liquid soap, powder detergent, and soapy
water but does not include ash, soil, sand or other handwashing agents. Limited hygiene service refers to a facility lacking water and/or soap. No facility means there is no handwashing
facility on the household’s premises.

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 WASH: Inequalities in Basic Services

Basic Drinking Water Regional Data on Basic Services

100

Basic
Basic Basic
80 Region Drinking
Sanitation Hygiene
Water

60
National 58 16 23
Percent

40
Region 1 56 4 6

Region 2 79 17 17
20
Region 3 55 13 28

Region 4 70 8 38
0
Area Region Wealth Quintile Education of Region 5 36 8 4
Household Head

Percent of population using basic drinking water services by background characteristics Region 6 44 11 19

Region 7 45 14 18
Basic Sanitation Region 8 30 7 19

Region 9 67 21 22
100
Region 10 40 9 6

80 Region 11 29 20 18

Region 12 58 7 19
60
Percent

Region 13 59 24 30

40 Region 14 73 30 36

Percent of population using basic drinking water, sanitation and hygiene services by
20
region

0
Area Region Wealth Quintile Education of
Household Head

Percent of population using basic sanitation services by background characteristics

Basic Hygiene
100

80

60
Percent

40

20

0
Area Region Wealth Quintile Education of
Household Head

Percent of population using basic hygiene services by background characteristics

 Accessibility of Drinking Water & Sanitation Facilities

Accessibility of drinking water Who Primarily Collects Drinking Water for the
Household
100
100 <1 <1 <1
2 2 3
3 2
5
13
15
2 80
80 21
1

<1
60
60
60

Percent
Percent

DK/Missing
Over 3 hours 40
40 81
78 Over 1 hour to 3 hours
70
31 mins to 1 hour
Up to 30 minutes
20
15
20 Members do not collect 13
On premises 8
4

0
Women 15+ Men 15+ years Girls <15 years Boys <15 years DK/Missing/
0 years Members do not
National Urban Rural collect

Percent of population by average time spent per day by household members collecting drinking Percent of population in households without drinking water on premises, by gender and age of
water person primarily responsible for collecting drinking water
The population without drinking water on premises is very small in some surveys. Note the
number/percent or delete chart if very small.

Shared sanitation Open Defecation

100
15

Shared sanitation in urban areas

80

85

Shared (improved and 60

unimproved)
Percent

Not shared (improved and

unimproved)
Open defecation
40

5
15
20

Shared sanitation in rural areas

80 Area Region Wealth Quintile Education of

household head

Percent of the population sharing sanitation facilities, by residence Percent of the population practising open defecation, by background characteristics
 Safely Managed Drinking Water Services: SDG 6.1.1

Improved, basic & safely managed drinking water Drinking water coverage:
National, urban & rural

100 2
1 0 0 .0

14 11
23

80 15
8 0 .0

18
68
61 10 24
60
60 6 0 .0

54

6
52
Percent

41
40 4 0 .0

43

37 No service
Unimproved
20 2 0 .0

Limited

20 Basic
15
1 10 Safely managed
0 0 .0

Improved Basic Improved Improved Improved Safely National Urban Rural

+ + + managed
Accessible Available Free from contamination
on premises when needed

Percent of population using improved, basic and safely managed drinking water services Percent of population by drinking water coverage

Safely managed (SDG 6.1) are improved sources: accessible on premises, available when needed, free from contamination

Drinking Water Quality at Source & Home Availability of Drinking Water

Source Low High

Household Low High

100 100

80 80

60 60
Percent
Percent

40 40

20 20

0 0
Area Area Region Region Wealth Wealth Area Region Wealth Quintile Education of

Definitions Quintile Quintile household head

Percent of population using drinking water sources with E. coli (orange) and proportion Percent of population using drinking water sources with sufficient drinking water in
with E. coli in glass of drinking water in household drinking water (teal) the last month
Water Quality Testing response rates for Household and Source testing are XX% and XX
% respectively
Safely Managed Sanitation Services: SDG 6.2.1
Types of Sanitation Facility Types of Sanitation Facility by Region

Sewer Onsite
Region
connection sanitation
Sewer connection 3

National 3 53

Onsite sanitation 53
Region 1 3 53

Region 2 3 53

Region 3 3 53
Unimproved 35
Region 4 3 53

Region 5 3 53
No sanitation facility 10 Region 6 3 53

Region 7 3 53
0 20 40 60 80 100
Region 8 3 53
Percent
Region 9 3 53
Percent of population by type of sanitation facility, grouped by type of disposal
Region 10 3 53
Sewer connections include “Flush/pour flush to piped sewer system” and “Flush to DK where“
Onsite sanitation facilities include “Flush/pour flush to septic”, “Flush/pour flush to latrine”, Region 11 3 53
“Ventilated improved pit latrine”, “Pit latrine with slab” and “Composting toilet”
Percent of population using sewer connections and onsite sanitation, by region

Management of excreta from household sanitation facilities

100
Not safely managed
Potentially safely managed*
Safe disposal of excreta on-site
80

60
Percent

40

20 40

20
10 10 10
5
0

Definitions
Percent of population by management of excreta from household sanitation facilities

*Additional information required to determine whether faecal sludge and wastewater is safely treated.

Safely managed sanitation services represents an ambitious new level of service during the SDGs and is the indicator for target 6.2. Safely managed sanitation services are improved
facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of in situ or transported and treated offsite. The MICS survey collected information on the
management of excreta from onsite facilities. For households where excreta are transported offsite (sewer connection, removal for treatment), further information is needed on the
transport and treatment of excreta to calculate the proportion that are safely managed.
Menstrual Hygiene Management
Inequities in Access to Appropriate Materials & Private
Place to Wash & Change at Home
Women with a private place to wash
& change at home 100

93 80

60
Women with appropriate
materials

Percent
40

97

20

Women with appropriate materials &

a private place to wash & change at
home 0
Area Region Wealth Quintile Woman's Education

Percent of women age 15-49 using appropriate menstrual hygiene materials with a private place to
92 wash and change while at home, among women reporting menstruating in the last 12 months
Denominator for all 3 indicators: women age 15-49 who reported menstruating in the last 12 months

Exclusion from Activities during Menstruation Exclusion from Activities during Menstruation by Various
Characteristics
100 100

80 80

60 60
Percent
Percent

40 40

23
20 19 20 20
20 20

0 0
15-19 20-24 25-29 30-39 40-49
Area Region Wealth Quintile Education of
Age group household head

Percent of women who did not participate in social activities, school or work due to their last Percent of women who did not participate in social activities, school or work due to their last
menstruation in the last 12 months, by age, among women reporting menstruating in the last 12 menstruation in the last 12 months, by residence, wealth quintile, education and region, among
months women reporting menstruating in the last 12 months

The Country Multiple Indicator Cluster
Survey (MICS) was carried out in 2014 by the
National Bureau of Statistics as part of the
global MICS programme. Technical support
was provided by the United Nations Children’s
Fund (UNICEF). UNICEF and Name of other
organizations providing financial support
provided financial support.
The objective of this snapshot is to Further statistical snapshots and the Survey
disseminate selected findings from the Findings Report for this and other surveys are
Country MICS 2014 related to Drinking available on mics.unicef.org/surveys.
Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH). Data
from this snapshot can be found in tables For further information on the WHO/UNICEF
WS.1.1 to WS.4.2 in the Survey Findings Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water
Report. Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene indicator
definitions and methods please visit
washdata.org.