Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Paraguay

Safely managed sanitation in Paraguay in 2024 — 58.5%. Ranked 74 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 11.2 pp.

2024 58.5% +0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 74of 141
Period maximum 58.5%2024
Period minimum 47.3%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Paraguay, 2000–2024455055602000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 47.3%2001: 47.9%2002: 48.5%2003: 49.1%2004: 49.6%2005: 50.1%2006: 50.7%2007: 51.2%2008: 51.7%2009: 52.2%2010: 52.7%2011: 53.2%2012: 53.7%2013: 54.2%2014: 54.6%2015: 55.1%2016: 55.6%2017: 56%2018: 56.5%2019: 56.9%2020: 57.3%2021: 57.7%2022: 58%2023: 58.4%2024: 58.5%
Change over the period: +11.2 pp Annual average: 0.47 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Paraguay 58.5%
World 58.5%
South America computed 49.6%
Safely managed sanitation — Paraguay, by year Paraguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 58.5 +0.1 pp
2023 58.4 +0.4 pp
2022 58 +0.3 pp
2021 57.7 +0.4 pp
2020 57.3 +0.4 pp
2019 56.9 +0.4 pp
2018 56.5 +0.4 pp
2017 56 +0.4 pp
2016 55.6 +0.5 pp
2015 55.1 +0.5 pp
2014 54.6 +0.5 pp
2013 54.2 +0.5 pp
2012 53.7 +0.5 pp
2011 53.2 +0.5 pp
2010 52.7 +0.5 pp
2009 52.2 +0.5 pp
2008 51.7 +0.5 pp
2007 51.2 +0.5 pp
2006 50.7 +0.5 pp
2005 50.1 +0.5 pp
2004 49.6 +0.6 pp
2003 49.1 +0.6 pp
2002 48.5 +0.6 pp
2001 47.9 +0.6 pp
2000 47.3

South America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population with safely managed sanitation — the top rung of the WHO and UNICEF ladder. Having a separate toilet is not enough: the waste must either be treated on the spot or removed and treated elsewhere. It is the second condition that makes the indicator far more demanding than basic sanitation: in many large cities almost everyone has a toilet, but there are no treatment facilities for the whole volume of wastewater, and by this measure a country turns out to be noticeably lower.

Important: It accounts not only for the presence of a toilet but also for the fate of the wastewater, so the values are substantially lower than those of basic sanitation.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.