Safely managed sanitation in South America in 2024 — 49.6%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 16.4 pp.
2000–2024 · % of population
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South America
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49.6 | +0.7 pp |
| 2023 | 48.9 | +0.7 pp |
| 2022 | 48.2 | +0.7 pp |
| 2021 | 47.5 | +0.7 pp |
| 2020 | 46.8 | +0.7 pp |
| 2019 | 46.1 | +0.8 pp |
| 2018 | 45.2 | +0.9 pp |
| 2017 | 44.4 | +0.3 pp |
| 2016 | 44 | +0.7 pp |
| 2015 | 43.3 | +1.1 pp |
| 2014 | 42.2 | +1.1 pp |
| 2013 | 41.2 | +1 pp |
| 2012 | 40.1 | +1 pp |
| 2011 | 39.1 | +1 pp |
| 2010 | 38.2 | +0.7 pp |
| 2009 | 37.4 | +0.7 pp |
| 2008 | 36.7 | +0.7 pp |
| 2007 | 36 | +0.7 pp |
| 2006 | 35.3 | +0.4 pp |
| 2005 | 34.9 | +0.4 pp |
| 2004 | 34.5 | +0.4 pp |
| 2003 | 34.2 | +0.3 pp |
| 2002 | 33.8 | +0.3 pp |
| 2001 | 33.5 | +0.3 pp |
| 2000 | 33.2 | — |
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.