Safely managed sanitation in Argentina

48.5% of people in Argentina used safely managed sanitation in 2016. The value for 2016 is the lowest since 2002.

Measure: People using safely managed sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2016 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Argentina is for 2016. Most countries have figures for 2024.
Argentina, 2016 48.5% % of population
Change from 2015 −0.2percentage points 2015: 48.8%
World, 2016 49.9% Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2016 78.9% Middle value of 18 countries

Safely managed sanitation in Argentina over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period ArgentinaWorld
2024 – 58.5%
2023 – 57.8%
2022 – 57.0%
2021 – 56.1%
2020 – 55.2%
2019 – 54.2%
2018 – 52.8%
2017 – 51.3%
2016 48.5% 49.9%
2015 48.8% 48.4%
2014 49.0% 46.9%
2013 49.2% 45.5%
2012 49.4% 44.1%
2011 49.5% 42.8%
2010 49.7% 41.5%
2009 49.7% 40.2%
2008 49.5% 38.9%
2007 49.3% 37.6%
2006 49.1% 36.3%
2005 49.0% 35.1%
2004 48.8% 34.0%
2003 48.6% 32.8%
2002 48.5% 31.7%
2001 48.3% 31.7%
2000 48.1% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 48.8% in 2015.
  • Since 2006, when it was 49.1%, the figure has changed by −0.6 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2016 was 49.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.STA.SMSS.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2016 for Argentina
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene