TOILET FACILITY:Number of Households by Region and Type of Toilet Facility; Tanzania, 2012 Census

Main Type of Toilet Facility

Pit Latrine Pit Latrine

Flush/Pour Flush/Pour
Flush/ Pour Flush/ Pour Ventilated with with
to Piped to
Region Total to Septic to Covered Improved Washable Washable
Sewer Somewhere
Tank Pit Pit Latrine Slab with Slab without
System Else
Lid Lid

Tanzania 9,276,997 156,352 372,145 663,484 117,720 137,434 793,942 1,008,576

Male headed households 6,178,205 104,695 247,512 440,447 77,205 92,170 528,790 662,895
Female headed households 3,098,792 51,657 124,633 223,037 40,516 45,264 265,152 345,681

Rural 6,192,303 16,918 37,795 137,567 29,011 46,742 277,033 397,606

Urban 3,084,694 139,434 334,350 525,917 88,710 90,691 516,909 610,970

Tanzania Mainland 9,026,785 144,276 353,951 612,798 111,808 129,959 714,694 991,298
Male headed households 6,005,826 96,365 234,485 404,523 72,975 87,061 473,992 651,201
Female headed households 3,020,959 47,911 119,466 208,276 38,832 42,898 240,702 340,098

Dodoma 450,305 5,595 14,960 20,845 3,426 4,357 14,285 26,896

Arusha 376,336 8,862 19,233 31,663 3,600 9,860 48,138 67,901
Kilimanjaro 381,526 7,334 11,901 35,904 5,968 11,078 69,316 56,326
Tanga 435,583 8,009 15,799 31,828 6,350 4,957 32,395 43,660
Morogoro 501,794 7,869 19,740 43,608 7,071 9,173 30,847 40,794
Pwani 254,810 1,849 7,757 11,966 2,666 2,644 23,801 33,597
Dar es Salaam 1,083,381 61,672 164,412 151,562 33,173 23,195 247,834 317,477
Lindi 224,316 843 2,164 5,375 1,349 1,611 13,074 14,447
Mtwara 342,165 1,137 2,913 6,063 1,275 1,977 14,390 20,064
Ruvuma 300,005 2,961 5,523 22,609 3,838 2,146 19,235 25,461
Iringa 220,776 3,553 5,729 18,430 2,424 2,603 17,043 15,971
Mbeya 630,593 6,805 11,865 45,963 6,743 8,279 42,714 62,944
Singida 255,613 985 3,942 6,247 1,252 1,100 8,324 13,106
Tabora 379,770 1,515 6,780 14,527 2,352 4,122 11,857 22,269
Rukwa 198,011 1,052 1,937 10,977 1,273 977 5,646 13,353
Kigoma 370,374 833 3,773 8,856 1,763 1,680 11,808 24,854
Shinyanga 258,981 3,434 13,834 11,521 3,201 4,697 10,562 19,489
Kagera 521,028 1,980 3,074 12,767 2,024 8,382 15,608 36,921
Mwanza 481,107 9,227 23,761 51,847 7,327 10,299 20,375 34,714
Mara 308,483 3,861 6,389 24,451 5,575 4,220 12,467 21,641
Manyara 271,050 1,066 1,567 6,842 1,350 2,883 13,404 26,337
Njombe 168,982 1,343 2,011 12,520 1,356 1,250 11,104 11,403
Katavi 100,350 702 554 7,678 1,585 914 4,116 7,992
Simiyu 227,862 620 2,147 5,405 1,071 1,556 5,441 12,295
Geita 283,584 1,169 2,187 13,344 3,796 5,999 10,911 21,388
Tanzania Zanzibar 250,212 12,076 18,194 50,686 5,913 7,475 79,248 17,278
Male headed households 172,379 8,329 13,027 35,925 4,229 5,109 54,798 11,694
Female headed households 77,833 3,746 5,167 14,761 1,683 2,366 24,450 5,584

Kaskazini Unguja 36,736 712 1,048 4,189 969 266 12,535 4,172
Kusini Unguja 25,734 216 677 2,394 272 188 14,855 2,309
Mjini Magharibi 112,716 9,743 14,142 31,130 3,806 4,205 40,475 5,245
Kaskazini Pemba 39,408 710 1,283 6,534 394 1,017 5,315 2,586
Kusini Pemba 35,618 695 1,044 6,439 472 1,800 6,067 2,966
Pit Latrine Pit Latrine No
omposting/
without without Facility(Bus
Ecoson Bucket
Washable/ Slab/Open h/ Field/
Latrine
Soil Slab Pit Beach)

2,792,201 2,488,787 17,613 1,815 726,928

1,886,418 1,675,397 11,983 1,255 449,438
905,782 813,390 5,630 560 277,490

2,359,213 2,174,830 14,467 1,310 699,811

432,988 313,956 3,146 505 27,118

2,785,331 2,484,761 17,445 1,757 678,707

1,881,711 1,672,660 11,875 1,214 417,763
903,620 812,101 5,569 543 260,944

159,838 159,059 1,101 166 39,777

61,924 46,771 817 130 77,437
101,743 71,314 695 34 9,913
144,437 107,748 654 79 39,668
175,580 149,228 918 84 16,882
76,102 73,878 424 33 20,094
48,793 32,376 284 150 2,452
105,898 65,248 362 93 13,850
155,147 127,960 970 36 10,232
136,914 79,126 476 23 1,692
106,256 46,201 295 29 2,241
234,772 190,072 989 44 19,404
92,765 101,734 507 35 25,617
128,374 117,290 636 27 70,019
106,366 44,180 208 14 12,029
157,579 148,736 550 8 9,935
84,222 68,571 592 107 38,751
152,591 265,678 1,930 68 20,004
116,024 163,655 1,374 111 42,394
67,122 95,747 1,027 163 65,820
76,841 86,732 714 81 53,233
95,678 31,401 377 11 528
36,344 26,756 106 9 13,594
79,961 80,424 551 100 38,291
84,059 104,877 887 119 34,849
6,870 4,026 168 58 48,221
4,708 2,737 108 41 31,674
2,162 1,289 60 17 16,547

2,388 1,519 34 12 8,893

1,378 685 8 - 2,752
2,059 995 55 14 847
434 342 60 13 20,719
610 484 12 19 15,009