Percentage of Households having Access to Toilet Facility in Rural India from 2015-16 to 2019-20

India has witnessed an increasing trend in percentage of households having access to toilet facility in rural areas from 2015-16 to 2019-20.

The percentage of households having access to toilet facility in rural areas in India was 50.9% during 2015-16. It has increased by 12.12% to 63.02% during 2016-17 above 2015-16. We have seen annual growth of 18.52% in percentage of households having access to toilet facility in rural areas in India during 2018-19 from 80.51% during 2017-18. The percentage of households having access to toilet facility in rural areas in India was 100% during 2019-20, up by 97 basis points versus 99.03% during 2018-19.

The maximum annual growth of 18.52% has been observed in 2018-19 in percentage of households having access to toilet facility in rural areas in India during the period under consideration.

Note: Source: Ministry of Jal Shakti, DWS for Rural and MIS, NSS, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation for Urban.

Dataset URL: https://data.gov.in/resources/sustainable-development-goals-national-indicator-framework-version-21-2020

Resource Title: Sustainable Development Goals National Indicator Framework (Version 2.1) – 2020