Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Puerto Rico

Safely managed sanitation in Puerto Rico in 2024 — 32.5%. Ranked 105 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0 pp.

2024 32.5% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 105of 141
Period maximum 32.5%2000
Period minimum 32.5%2014

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Puerto Rico, 2000–202432.532.532.532.532.52000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 32.5%2001: 32.5%2002: 32.5%2003: 32.5%2004: 32.5%2005: 32.5%2006: 32.5%2007: 32.5%2008: 32.5%2009: 32.5%2010: 32.5%2011: 32.5%2012: 32.5%2013: 32.5%2014: 32.5%2015: 32.5%2016: 32.5%2017: 32.5%2018: 32.5%2019: 32.5%2020: 32.5%2021: 32.5%2022: 32.5%2023: 32.5%2024: 32.5%
Change over the period: −0 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Puerto Rico 32.5%
World 58.5%
High-income countries computed 90.1%
Safely managed sanitation — Puerto Rico, by year Puerto Rico All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 32.5 +0 pp
2023 32.5 +0 pp
2022 32.5 +0 pp
2021 32.5 +0 pp
2020 32.5 +0 pp
2019 32.5 +0 pp
2018 32.5 +0 pp
2017 32.5 +0 pp
2016 32.5 +0 pp
2015 32.5 +0 pp
2014 32.5 −0 pp
2013 32.5 −0 pp
2012 32.5 −0 pp
2011 32.5 −0 pp
2010 32.5 −0 pp
2009 32.5 −0 pp
2008 32.5 −0 pp
2007 32.5 −0 pp
2006 32.5 −0 pp
2005 32.5 −0 pp
2004 32.5 −0 pp
2003 32.5 −0 pp
2002 32.5 −0 pp
2001 32.5 −0 pp
2000 32.5

Caribbean, 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.