Safely managed sanitation in Brazil

55.0% of people in Brazil used safely managed sanitation in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using safely managed sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Brazil, 2024 55.0% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.9percentage points 2023: 54.1%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2024 81.3% Middle value of 17 countries
Position in 2024 78th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation 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 safely managed sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period BrazilWorld
2024 55.0% 58.5%
2023 54.1% 57.8%
2022 53.2% 57.0%
2021 52.4% 56.1%
2020 51.5% 55.2%
2019 50.7% 54.2%
2018 49.7% 52.8%
2017 48.7% 51.3%
2016 47.7% 49.9%
2015 46.8% 48.4%
2014 45.1% 46.9%
2013 43.6% 45.5%
2012 42.0% 44.1%
2011 40.5% 42.8%
2010 39.1% 41.5%
2009 38.2% 40.2%
2008 37.2% 38.9%
2007 36.3% 37.6%
2006 35.4% 36.3%
2005 35.1% 35.1%
2004 34.8% 34.0%
2003 34.5% 32.8%
2002 34.3% 31.7%
2001 34.0% 31.7%
2000 33.7% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.9 percentage points from 54.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 45.1%, the figure has changed by +9.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Brazil has the 78th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 58.5%.

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 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