WHO / UNICEF

Joint Monitoring Programme fo r Wa te r Su pp ly an d San ita tion

Coverage Estimates

Improved Sanitation

Updated in June 2006

Bolivia

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Urban and Rural Sanitation - Bolivia Survey DHS SANITATION

Domestic connection

1989

DHS

Urban

Rural

SANITATION

42,1

3,8

1994 Urban

Rural

Domestic connection to sewage system

40,6

1,6

13,7 19,2

Connection to septic tank

15,7

3,1

Domestic connection to septic tank

Latrine

16,4

15,2

Latrine with soakaway

MICS SANITATION

1996 Urban

Rural

Toilet with connection to sewage system

52,5

1,4

2,5

Toilet with septic tank

20,8

33,0

Pit latrine

DHS SANITATION

1998 Urban

Rural

Private flush toilet

34,8

1,9

3,9

Shared flush toilet

9,9

11

32,9

Private/ shared

No facility

10,7

58,1

MICS SANITATION

2000 Urban

Rural

Sanitario con sistema de alcantarillado o pozo septico

68,8

8,9

0,5

Letrina con agua fluida

6,7

1,0

0,4

0,0

Letrina mejorada/ ecologica (VIP)

2,9

1,9

Private latrine

20,6

28,9

Letrina tradicional

11,7

31,2

No facility, brushwood, field

26,0

62,4

Other

5,0

3,6

Shared latrine

16,3

3,7

Bacin

0,4

0,0

No information

0,5

0,6

Missing infornation

0,0

0,1

Private / shared latrine

0,3

0,3

No tiene sanitario, o matorral o campo

Other

25,8

77,8

6,7

52,6

Missing information

0,1

0,1

No facility

17,6

64,5

Otro

2,8

4,3

100

100

0,1 100

0,2 100

TOTAL

100

100

0,73

0,55

0,78

0,79

45,0

5,5

Proportion private flush based on ratio DHS98

53,6

7,0

8,2

7,6

4,6

6,7

50% of latrine considered improved Proportion private latrines based on ratio DHS98

50%

12%

Access to improved sanitation

TOTAL Ratio domestic connection/septic tank Proportion private connection to sewage and septic tank based on ratio DHS98

50% of latrine considered improved Proportion private latrines based on ratio DHS98 Access to improved sanitation Estimated % of private House connections (based on DHS98 ratio) Source: DHS Bolivia, 1989

33%

3%

TOTAL Ratio domestic connection/septic tank Proportion private connection to sewage and septic tank based on ratio DHS98

Estimated % of private House connections (based on DHS98 ratio) Source: DHS Bolivia, 1994

100

100

0,75

0,39

42,3

3,2

9,6

16,5

5,4

14,6

50% of pit latrine considered improved Proportion private latrines based on ratio DHS98

48%

18%

Access to improved sanitation

32%

1%

TOTAL Ratio domestic connection/septic tank Proportion private connection to sewage and septic tank based on ratio DHS98

Estimated % of private House connections (based on DHS98 ratio)

100

100

Missing infornation TOTAL

0,72

0,26

Ratio private flush/all flush

57,1

4,2

5,5

16,5

50% of private latrine considered improved

10,3

14,5

50% of letrina tradicional and con agua fluida considered improved

9,2

16,1

3,1

14,6

Ratio private latrine/all latrine

0,56

0,89

Proportion private latrines based on ratio DHS98

5,1

14,3

60%

19%

Access to improved sanitation

45%

16%

Access to improved sanitation

62%

23%

38%

2%

41%

Estimation of private House connections based on MICS96 and DHS98 ratios

1%

Source: Ministry of Human Dev., National Epidemiology Office under UNICEF, Bolivia MICS 1996

Source: DHS Bolivia, 1998

Source: Encuesta de multiples indicadores por conglomerados 2000 (MICS 2000), La Paz, Informe preliminar, febrero 2001

Urban and Rural Sanitation - Bolivia Census 2003

DHS

Census

1992

CENSUS

Estimate 2002

(Population in thousands) SANITATION

Urban

Rural

SANITATION

Pozo ciego

1999

(Population in thousands) Urban

Rural

Alcantarillado

Cámara séptica

FORM6/WHO

SANITATION

Urban

Rural

Alcantarillado

2151

76

1774

1046

1310

25

10,2

3,7

Conexion a camara septica

458

59

Otro

504

384

Total population served

3925

1122

Ninguno {none}

1343

2211

Total population unserved

845

2058

Total population

4770

3180

Access to improved sanitation

82%

35%

35%

2%

17,7

60,1

Sin información

0,2

0,1

TOTAL

100

100

No tiene servicio sanitario

A pozo ciego

22,3

29,0

A la superficie

Insufficient information (no info on latrines) to calculate population with access to improved sanitation

Total population Ratio domestic connection/septic tank

4,2

Population served with household connections to conventional sewers Population without household connections but served with adequate, private or shared on-

Conexion al alcantarillado

33,6

13,2

Rural

2,6

22,9

1,9

Urban

49

Camera septica

48,2

SANITATION

3615

2679

0,74

0,30

0,9

1,1

No tiene bano

15,4

63,7

TOTAL

100,0

99,9

Estimation of private flush based on DHS98

46,1

5,0

Proportion of "private facilities" :

68,6

87,8

50% of latrine considered improved

11,5

16,8

50% of Pit considered Improved

11,2

14,5

Proportion private latrines based on ratio DHS98

6,4

14,9

Proportion private latrines based on ratio DHS98

6,2

12,9

52%

20%

68%

19%

Access to improved sanitation

Access to improved sanitation

Estimated % of private House connections (based on DHS98 ratio)

Access to improved sanitation Estimated % of private House connections (based on DHS98 ratio)

27% Source: Bolivia Demographic and Health Survey 2003.

2%

% House connections 28%

1%

48% Source: Encuesta de Hogares, 2002

2%

Estimated % of private House connections (based on DHS98 ratio)

Source; Global Water Supply and Sanitation Assessment 2000. Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Questionnaire - 1999. (Form 6 sent to WHO)

SANITATION

Bolivia

URBAN HC

Source

Code

Year

WHO80

1980

WHO83

1983

WHO85

1985

WHO88

1988

DHS89

1989

WHO90

1990

JMP93

1991

CEN92

1992

JMP96

1994

DHS94

1994

MICS96

1996

DHS98

1998

JMP99

1998

MICS00

2000

Bolivia Demographic and Health Survey 2003.

DHS03

2003

Encuesta de Hogares, 2002

CEN02

2002

The International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade. Data (as at December 1980). WHO 1984 The International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade. Progress (as at December 1983). WHO 1986. The International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade. Progress (as at December 1985). WHO 1987. The International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade. Progress (as at December 1988). WHO 1990. Demographic and Health Survey, 1989.

Review of National Review of Mid-Decade Review of National

Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Monitoring Report - 1996. Sector Status as of 31 December 1994. WHO/UNICEF 1996. Demographic and Health Survey, 1994 Ministry of Human Development, National Epidemiology Directorate under UNICEF, Bolivia MICS 1996 Demographic and Health Survey, 1996 Global Water Supply and Sanitation Assessment 2000. Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Questionnaire - 1999. (Form 6 sent to WHO) Encuesta de multiples indicadores por conglomerados 2000 (MICS 2000), La Paz, Informe preliminar, febrero 2001

Bolivia

Total

HC

Total

Used for Not used for Used for Not used for Used for Not used for Used for Not used for estimates estimates estimates estimates estimates estimates estimates estimates

Review of National Baseline

The International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade. End of Decade Review (as at December 1990). WHO1992. Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Monitoring Report 1993 (Sector Status as of 31 December 1991) Census 1992

RURAL

GraphData

23.0

37.0

4.0

28.0

40.0

9.0

31.0

51.0

22.0

40.0

55.0

13.0

32.8

49.6

3.0

12.2

38.0

14.0

40.0

13.0

28.2

0.7 58.0

16.0

31.6

47.6

1.3

17.9

40.9

60.1

1.1

18.8

45.1 35.1

16.4 82.0

1.9

35.0

38.4

61.6

1.9

23.2

27.4

52.5

2.3

19.9

48.2

67.6

1.9

19.0

June 2006

Bolivia - urban Access to improved sanitation coverage 100.0

Estimated coverage 90.0

80.0

Year 1990 1995 2000 2004

Total 49% 53% 57% 60%

SC 32% 35% 37% 39%

70.0 CEN02 MICS96

60.0

MICS00

DHS03 DHS89

50.0

CEN02

DHS94 DHS98 MICS96

40.0

MICS00

DHS89 30.0

DHS94

DHS03

CEN92 20.0

% Coverage

10.0

0.0 1980

1985

1990

1995

2000

Year Total improved access

Sewerage connections (SC)

Used for estimates

Used for estimates

Estimates

Estimates

Total access : Shared domestic connections to sewage system and septic tank are not considered improved. Sewerage connections : The estimated coverage concerns "Private connections to severage" only.

Bolivia

UrbanSanitation graph

June 2006

Bolivia - rural Access to improved sanitation coverage 100.0

Estimated coverage 90.0

80.0

Year 1990 1995 2000 2004

Total 14% 17% 20% 22%

SC 2% 2% 2% 2%

70.0

60.0

50.0

40.0

30.0 MICS00 DHS94

20.0

MICS96 DHS98

DHS03

DHS89

10.0

% Coverage

CEN02

DHS89

DHS94 MICS96

MICS00 CEN02DHS03

CEN92

0.0 1980

1985

1990

1995

2000

Year Total improved access

Sewerage connections (SC)

Used for estimates

Used for estimates

Estimates

Estimates

Total access : Shared domestic connections to sewage system and septic tank are not considered improved. Sewerage connections : The estimated coverage concerns "Private connections to severage" only.

Bolivia

Rural Sanitation graph

June 2006