Basic sanitation access in Brazil

92.4% of people in Brazil used at least basic sanitation services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using at least basic sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Brazil, 2024 92.4% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.7percentage points 2023: 91.7%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2024 98.6% Middle value of 18 countries
Position in 2024 104th of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation access in Brazil 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 at least basic sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period BrazilWorld
2024 92.4% 82.2%
2023 91.7% 81.5%
2022 91.0% 80.4%
2021 90.3% 79.4%
2020 89.6% 78.3%
2019 88.8% 77.2%
2018 88.0% 76.0%
2017 87.3% 74.9%
2016 86.5% 73.8%
2015 85.7% 72.6%
2014 84.9% 71.4%
2013 84.1% 70.2%
2012 83.3% 68.9%
2011 82.5% 67.8%
2010 81.7% 66.7%
2009 80.9% 65.5%
2008 80.1% 64.3%
2007 79.3% 63.1%
2006 78.4% 61.9%
2005 77.6% 60.7%
2004 76.8% 59.6%
2003 75.9% 58.4%
2002 75.1% 57.3%
2001 74.2% 55.6%
2000 73.4% 54.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from 91.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 84.9%, the figure has changed by +7.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Brazil has the 104th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 82.2%.

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.BASS.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Brazil
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