Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Uruguay

Access to basic sanitation in Uruguay in 2024 — 99.2%. Ranked 48 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 5.7 pp.

2024 99.2% +0.3 pp vs 2023
World rank 48of 193
Period maximum 99.2%2024
Period minimum 93.5%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Uruguay, 2000–2024929496981002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 93.5%2001: 93.5%2002: 93.5%2003: 93.5%2004: 93.6%2005: 93.7%2006: 94%2007: 94.3%2008: 94.6%2009: 94.9%2010: 95.2%2011: 95.5%2012: 95.8%2013: 96.1%2014: 96.4%2015: 96.6%2016: 96.9%2017: 97.2%2018: 97.5%2019: 97.8%2020: 98.1%2021: 98.4%2022: 98.6%2023: 98.9%2024: 99.2%
Change over the period: +5.7 pp Annual average: 0.24 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Uruguay 99.2%
World 82.2%
South America computed 92%
High-income countries computed 98.4%
Access to basic sanitation — Uruguay, by year Uruguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 99.2 +0.3 pp
2023 98.9 +0.3 pp
2022 98.6 +0.3 pp
2021 98.4 +0.3 pp
2020 98.1 +0.3 pp
2019 97.8 +0.3 pp
2018 97.5 +0.3 pp
2017 97.2 +0.3 pp
2016 96.9 +0.3 pp
2015 96.6 +0.3 pp
2014 96.4 +0.3 pp
2013 96.1 +0.3 pp
2012 95.8 +0.3 pp
2011 95.5 +0.3 pp
2010 95.2 +0.3 pp
2009 94.9 +0.3 pp
2008 94.6 +0.3 pp
2007 94.3 +0.3 pp
2006 94 +0.3 pp
2005 93.7 +0.1 pp
2004 93.6 +0 pp
2003 93.5 +0 pp
2002 93.5 +0 pp
2001 93.5 +0 pp
2000 93.5

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.