Basic sanitation access in Latin America and Caribbean
90.3% of people in Latin America and Caribbean used at least basic sanitation services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
Latin America and Caribbean is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Latin America and Caribbean, 2024
90.3%
Change from 2023
+0.5percentage points
World, 2024
82.2%
Basic sanitation access in Latin America and Caribbean 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.
| Period | Latin America and Caribbean | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 90.3% | 82.2% |
| 2023 | 89.9% | 81.5% |
| 2022 | 89.4% | 80.4% |
| 2021 | 88.7% | 79.4% |
| 2020 | 88.1% | 78.3% |
| 2019 | 87.5% | 77.2% |
| 2018 | 86.8% | 76.0% |
| 2017 | 86.2% | 74.9% |
| 2016 | 86.2% | 73.8% |
| 2015 | 85.6% | 72.6% |
| 2014 | 84.9% | 71.4% |
| 2013 | 84.2% | 70.2% |
| 2012 | 83.6% | 68.9% |
| 2011 | 82.9% | 67.8% |
| 2010 | 82.2% | 66.7% |
| 2009 | 81.6% | 65.5% |
| 2008 | 80.9% | 64.3% |
| 2007 | 80.2% | 63.1% |
| 2006 | 79.5% | 61.9% |
| 2005 | 78.8% | 60.7% |
| 2004 | 78.1% | 59.6% |
| 2003 | 77.4% | 58.4% |
| 2002 | 76.7% | 57.3% |
| 2001 | 76.0% | 55.6% |
| 2000 | 75.3% | 54.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 89.9% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 84.9%, the figure has changed by +5.4 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 82.2%.