Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Latin America & Caribbean

Access to basic sanitation in Latin America & Caribbean in 2024 — 90.3%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 15 pp.

2024 90.3% +0.5 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 90.3%2024
Period minimum 75.3%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Latin America & Caribbean, 2000–202475808590952000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 75.3%2001: 76%2002: 76.7%2003: 77.4%2004: 78.1%2005: 78.8%2006: 79.5%2007: 80.2%2008: 80.9%2009: 81.6%2010: 82.2%2011: 82.9%2012: 83.6%2013: 84.2%2014: 84.9%2015: 85.6%2016: 86.2%2017: 86.2%2018: 86.8%2019: 87.5%2020: 88.1%2021: 88.7%2022: 89.4%2023: 89.9%2024: 90.3%
Change over the period: +15 pp Annual average: 0.63 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 90.3%
World 82.2%
Access to basic sanitation — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 90.3 +0.5 pp
2023 89.9 +0.5 pp
2022 89.4 +0.6 pp
2021 88.7 +0.6 pp
2020 88.1 +0.6 pp
2019 87.5 +0.6 pp
2018 86.8 +0.6 pp
2017 86.2 −0 pp
2016 86.2 +0.6 pp
2015 85.6 +0.7 pp
2014 84.9 +0.7 pp
2013 84.2 +0.7 pp
2012 83.6 +0.7 pp
2011 82.9 +0.7 pp
2010 82.2 +0.7 pp
2009 81.6 +0.7 pp
2008 80.9 +0.7 pp
2007 80.2 +0.7 pp
2006 79.5 +0.7 pp
2005 78.8 +0.7 pp
2004 78.1 +0.7 pp
2003 77.4 +0.7 pp
2002 76.7 +0.7 pp
2001 76 +0.7 pp
2000 75.3

About the indicator

The share of the population using improved sanitation facilities not shared with other households: sewerage, septic tanks, improved pit latrines. Alongside access to clean water this is the basic condition for reducing child mortality from intestinal infections.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.