Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Peru

Safely managed sanitation in Peru in 2024 — 56.5%. Ranked 77 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 43.6 pp.

2024 56.5% +2.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 77of 141
Period maximum 56.5%2024
Period minimum 12.9%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Peru, 2000–202402040602000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 12.9%2001: 14.4%2002: 15.9%2003: 17.4%2004: 19%2005: 20.6%2006: 22.2%2007: 23.9%2008: 25.6%2009: 27.3%2010: 29%2011: 30.8%2012: 32.6%2013: 34.5%2014: 36.3%2015: 38.2%2016: 40.1%2017: 42.1%2018: 44.1%2019: 46.1%2020: 48.1%2021: 50.1%2022: 52.2%2023: 54.3%2024: 56.5%
Change over the period: +43.6 pp Annual average: 1.82 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Peru 56.5%
World 58.5%
South America computed 49.6%
Safely managed sanitation — Peru, by year Peru All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 56.5 +2.1 pp
2023 54.3 +2.1 pp
2022 52.2 +2.1 pp
2021 50.1 +2.1 pp
2020 48.1 +2 pp
2019 46.1 +2 pp
2018 44.1 +2 pp
2017 42.1 +1.9 pp
2016 40.1 +1.9 pp
2015 38.2 +1.9 pp
2014 36.3 +1.9 pp
2013 34.5 +1.8 pp
2012 32.6 +1.8 pp
2011 30.8 +1.8 pp
2010 29 +1.8 pp
2009 27.3 +1.7 pp
2008 25.6 +1.7 pp
2007 23.9 +1.7 pp
2006 22.2 +1.6 pp
2005 20.6 +1.6 pp
2004 19 +1.6 pp
2003 17.4 +1.5 pp
2002 15.9 +1.5 pp
2001 14.4 +1.5 pp
2000 12.9

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.