Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Puerto Rico

Access to basic sanitation in Puerto Rico in 2024 — 100%. Ranked 1 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 2.4 pp.

2024 100% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 1of 193
Period maximum 100%2014
Period minimum 97.6%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Puerto Rico, 2000–20249798991002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 97.6%2001: 97.8%2002: 98%2003: 98.2%2004: 98.3%2005: 98.5%2006: 98.7%2007: 98.9%2008: 99.1%2009: 99.2%2010: 99.4%2011: 99.6%2012: 99.8%2013: 100%2014: 100%2015: 100%2016: 100%2017: 100%2018: 100%2019: 100%2020: 100%2021: 100%2022: 100%2023: 100%2024: 100%
Change over the period: +2.4 pp Annual average: 0.1 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Puerto Rico 100%
World 82.2%
High-income countries computed 98.4%
Access to basic sanitation — Puerto Rico, by year Puerto Rico All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 100 +0 pp
2023 100 +0 pp
2022 100 +0 pp
2021 100 +0 pp
2020 100 +0 pp
2019 100 +0 pp
2018 100 +0 pp
2017 100 +0 pp
2016 100 +0 pp
2015 100 +0 pp
2014 100 +0 pp
2013 100 +0.2 pp
2012 99.8 +0.2 pp
2011 99.6 +0.2 pp
2010 99.4 +0.2 pp
2009 99.2 +0.2 pp
2008 99.1 +0.2 pp
2007 98.9 +0.2 pp
2006 98.7 +0.2 pp
2005 98.5 +0.2 pp
2004 98.3 +0.2 pp
2003 98.2 +0.2 pp
2002 98 +0.2 pp
2001 97.8 +0.2 pp
2000 97.6

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.