Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Paraguay

Access to basic sanitation in Paraguay in 2024 — 95.9%. Ranked 90 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 25.2 pp.

2024 95.9% +0.7 pp vs 2023
World rank 90of 193
Period maximum 95.9%2024
Period minimum 70.8%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Paraguay, 2000–20247080901002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 70.8%2001: 72.1%2002: 73.3%2003: 74.5%2004: 75.6%2005: 76.7%2006: 77.8%2007: 78.9%2008: 80%2009: 81.1%2010: 82.2%2011: 83.3%2012: 84.3%2013: 85.4%2014: 86.4%2015: 87.4%2016: 88.4%2017: 89.4%2018: 90.4%2019: 91.4%2020: 92.4%2021: 93.4%2022: 94.2%2023: 95.2%2024: 95.9%
Change over the period: +25.2 pp Annual average: 1.05 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Paraguay 95.9%
World 82.2%
South America computed 92%
Access to basic sanitation — Paraguay, by year Paraguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 95.9 +0.7 pp
2023 95.2 +1 pp
2022 94.2 +0.9 pp
2021 93.4 +1 pp
2020 92.4 +1 pp
2019 91.4 +1 pp
2018 90.4 +1 pp
2017 89.4 +1 pp
2016 88.4 +1 pp
2015 87.4 +1 pp
2014 86.4 +1 pp
2013 85.4 +1 pp
2012 84.3 +1.1 pp
2011 83.3 +1.1 pp
2010 82.2 +1.1 pp
2009 81.1 +1.1 pp
2008 80 +1.1 pp
2007 78.9 +1.1 pp
2006 77.8 +1.1 pp
2005 76.7 +1.1 pp
2004 75.6 +1.1 pp
2003 74.5 +1.2 pp
2002 73.3 +1.3 pp
2001 72.1 +1.3 pp
2000 70.8

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.