General Household Survey 2023

South Africa, 2023

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ZAF_2023_GHS_v01_M_v01_A_ESS

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Government of South Africa, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA)

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Agricultural Surveys

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May 22, 2026

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Type of toilet facility (san_toil)

Data file: ghs-2023-hhold-v1

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Valid: 1000

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 79

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	1. Flush toilet connected to a public sewerage system	921	92.1%
2	2. Flush toilet connected to a septic tank or conservancy tank	42	4.2%
3	3. Pour bucket-flush toilet connected to a septic tank (or seepage pit)	2	0.2%
4	4. Chemical/portable toilet	7	0.7%
5	5. Pit latrine/toilet with ventilation pipe	0	0%
6	6. Pit latrine/toilet without ventilation pipe, with slab	0	0%
7	7. Pit latrine/toilet without ventilation pipe, either without slab or open pit	0	0%
8	8. Bucket toilet (collected by municipality)	14	1.4%
9	9. Bucket toilet (emptied by household)	4	0.4%
10	10. Composting toilet	2	0.2%
11	11. Open defecation (e.g. no facilities, field, bush)	7	0.7%
12	12. OTHER TOILET FACILITY	1	0.1%
99	99. Unspecified	0	0%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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