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Desired direction: Increase

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Headline data

Proportion of main dwellings with access to basic services (running water supply and toilet)
Year Value Units Series GeoCode
2019 99.9 % Proportion of households with running water
2023 99.9 % Proportion of households with running water
2010 99.5 % Proportion of households with a toilet
2022 99.9 % Proportion of households with running water
2014 99.9 % Proportion of households with running water
2015 99.6 % Proportion of households with a toilet
2021 99.9 % Proportion of households with running water
2013 99.9 % Proportion of households with running water
2021 99.8 % Proportion of households with a toilet
2016 99.9 % Proportion of households with running water
2015 99.9 % Proportion of households with running water
2020 99.8 % Proportion of households with a toilet
2016 99.6 % Proportion of households with a toilet
2020 99.9 % Proportion of households with running water
2018 99.9 % Proportion of households with running water
2013 99.6 % Proportion of households with a toilet
2023 99.8 % Proportion of households with a toilet
2019 99.6 % Proportion of households with a toilet
2022 99.8 % Proportion of households with a toilet
2014 99.6 % Proportion of households with a toilet
2018 99.6 % Proportion of households with a toilet
2010 99.9 % Proportion of households with running water

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Footnote:

Methodological sheet of the indicator available for the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country.

Available indicator

Proportion of main dwellings with access to basic services (running water supply and toilet)
Target

6.2 By 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations
Goal

1- End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Definition

Available series:

  • Proportion of homes with running water: Proportion of main family dwellings with running water supply

  • Proportion of homes with a bathroom: Proportion of main family dwellings with a bathroom
Theoretical formula

Proportion of homes with running water

\[PVP_{running\, water}^{t} = \frac{VP_{running\, water}^{t}}{VP^{t}} \cdot 100\]

where:

$VP_{running\, water}^{t} =$ main family dwellings with running water supply in year $t$

$VP^{t} =$ main family dwellings in year $t$


Proportion of homes with a bathroom

\[PVP_{bathroom}^{t} = \frac{VP_{bathroom}^{t}}{VP^{t}} \cdot 100\]

where:

$VP_{bathroom}^{t} =$ main family dwellings with a bathroom in year $t$

$VP^{t} =$ main family dwellings in year $t$
Available disaggregations

Province

County

Municipality
Frequency

Annual
Observations

A main family dwelling is a home that is used all or most of the year as a habitual residence by one or more persons.
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Indicator calculated using a methodology harmonised across the central statistical bodies of the autonomous communities
Data last updated 2025/04/22
Metadata last updated 2025/08/25

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Rationale

Access to safe sanitation and hygiene services is essential for good health, welfare and productivity and is widely recognized as a human right. Unsafe management of human excreta and poor sanitation practices are closely associated with diarrhoeal diseases, which exacerbate malnutrition and remain a major public health concern and a leading global cause of child deaths, as well as parasitic infections such as soil transmitted helminths (worms) and a range of other neglected tropical diseases. While access to a hygienic toilet facility is essential for reducing the transmission of pathogens, it is equally important to ensure safe management, treatment and disposal of the excreta produced.

Sharing of sanitation facilities is also an important consideration given the negative impacts on dignity, privacy and personal safety. Lack of access to suitable sanitation and hygiene facilities is a major cause of risks and anxiety, especially for women and girls. For all these reasons, access to sanitation and hygiene services that prevent disease, provide privacy and ensure dignity has been recognized as a basic human right.

The SDG target 6.2 relating to sanitation and hygiene aim to achieve this right through universal access to safely managed services.

Source: United Nations Statistics Division
Comparability between the available indicator and the UN indicator

The available indicator does not comply with United Nations metadata but provides similar information
International results

Proportion of population with basic handwashing facilities on premises, by urban/rural (%) SH_SAN_HNDWSH UNSTATS

Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services, by urban/rural (%) SH_SAN_SAFE UNSTATS
Link to UN metadata

Metadata 6-2-1(a).pdf

Metadata 6-2-1(b).pdf
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