World Toilet Day: 19 November

World Toilet Day is celebrated annually on 19 November to inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis and help achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6), which promises sanitation for all by 2030.

The day was established by the World Toilet Organization in 2001 and officially declared by UN General Assembly in 2013. The Day was designated by the UN General Assembly on 24 July 2013 by resolution A/RES/67/291.

The theme for World Toilet Day 2021 is “Valuing Toilets”.