Basic sanitation access in Guatemala

71.2% of people in Guatemala 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
Guatemala, 2024 71.2% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.6percentage points 2023: 70.6%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 146th of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation access in Guatemala 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 GuatemalaWorld
2024 71.2% 82.2%
2023 70.6% 81.5%
2022 70.0% 80.4%
2021 69.5% 79.4%
2020 68.9% 78.3%
2019 68.6% 77.2%
2018 68.2% 76.0%
2017 67.9% 74.9%
2016 67.6% 73.8%
2015 67.2% 72.6%
2014 66.9% 71.4%
2013 66.5% 70.2%
2012 66.2% 68.9%
2011 65.8% 67.8%
2010 65.4% 66.7%
2009 65.0% 65.5%
2008 64.6% 64.3%
2007 64.2% 63.1%
2006 63.8% 61.9%
2005 63.4% 60.7%
2004 63.0% 59.6%
2003 62.5% 58.4%
2002 62.0% 57.3%
2001 61.6% 55.6%
2000 61.1% 54.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 70.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 66.9%, the figure has changed by +4.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Guatemala has the 146th 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 Guatemala
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