Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Mercosur

Access to basic sanitation in Mercosur in 2024 — 91.5%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 17 pp.

2024 91.5% +0.7 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 91.5%2024
Period minimum 74.5%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Mercosur, 2000–20247075808590952000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 74.5%2001: 75.3%2002: 76.1%2003: 76.8%2004: 77.6%2005: 78.4%2006: 79.2%2007: 79.9%2008: 80.7%2009: 81.5%2010: 82.3%2011: 83.1%2012: 83.8%2013: 84.6%2014: 85.3%2015: 86.1%2016: 86.8%2017: 86.1%2018: 86.9%2019: 87.7%2020: 88.5%2021: 89.3%2022: 90.1%2023: 90.8%2024: 91.5%
Change over the period: +17 pp Annual average: 0.71 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Mercosur

Mercosur 91.5%
World 82.2%
Access to basic sanitation — Mercosur, by year Mercosur All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 91.5 +0.7 pp
2023 90.8 +0.7 pp
2022 90.1 +0.7 pp
2021 89.3 +0.8 pp
2020 88.5 +0.8 pp
2019 87.7 +0.8 pp
2018 86.9 +0.8 pp
2017 86.1 −0.7 pp
2016 86.8 +0.8 pp
2015 86.1 +0.8 pp
2014 85.3 +0.8 pp
2013 84.6 +0.8 pp
2012 83.8 +0.8 pp
2011 83.1 +0.8 pp
2010 82.3 +0.8 pp
2009 81.5 +0.8 pp
2008 80.7 +0.8 pp
2007 79.9 +0.8 pp
2006 79.2 +0.8 pp
2005 78.4 +0.8 pp
2004 77.6 +0.8 pp
2003 76.8 +0.8 pp
2002 76.1 +0.8 pp
2001 75.3 +0.8 pp
2000 74.5

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.