Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Peru

Access to basic sanitation in Peru in 2024 — 78.8%. Ranked 137 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 14.1 pp.

2024 78.8% +0.5 pp vs 2023
World rank 137of 193
Period maximum 78.8%2024
Period minimum 64.7%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Peru, 2000–202460657075802000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 64.7%2001: 65.4%2002: 66.1%2003: 66.8%2004: 67.5%2005: 68.2%2006: 68.8%2007: 69.5%2008: 70.1%2009: 70.7%2010: 71.2%2011: 71.8%2012: 72.4%2013: 72.9%2014: 73.5%2015: 74%2016: 74.6%2017: 75.1%2018: 75.6%2019: 76.2%2020: 76.7%2021: 77.2%2022: 77.7%2023: 78.3%2024: 78.8%
Change over the period: +14.1 pp Annual average: 0.59 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Peru 78.8%
World 82.2%
South America computed 92%
Access to basic sanitation — Peru, by year Peru All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 78.8 +0.5 pp
2023 78.3 +0.5 pp
2022 77.7 +0.5 pp
2021 77.2 +0.5 pp
2020 76.7 +0.5 pp
2019 76.2 +0.5 pp
2018 75.6 +0.5 pp
2017 75.1 +0.5 pp
2016 74.6 +0.5 pp
2015 74 +0.5 pp
2014 73.5 +0.6 pp
2013 72.9 +0.6 pp
2012 72.4 +0.6 pp
2011 71.8 +0.6 pp
2010 71.2 +0.6 pp
2009 70.7 +0.6 pp
2008 70.1 +0.6 pp
2007 69.5 +0.7 pp
2006 68.8 +0.7 pp
2005 68.2 +0.7 pp
2004 67.5 +0.7 pp
2003 66.8 +0.7 pp
2002 66.1 +0.7 pp
2001 65.4 +0.7 pp
2000 64.7

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.