Basic drinking water access in Paraguay

99.6% of people in Paraguay used at least basic drinking water services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using at least basic drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Paraguay, 2024 99.6% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 99.6%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 63rd of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in Paraguay 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 drinking water services (% of population), 2005 to 2024
Period ParaguayWorld
2024 99.6% 91.5%
2023 99.6% 91.2%
2022 99.5% 90.9%
2021 99.3% 90.4%
2020 99.0% 90.0%
2019 98.0% 89.6%
2018 97.0% 89.3%
2017 96.0% 88.9%
2016 94.9% 88.5%
2015 93.9% 88.1%
2014 92.8% 87.7%
2013 91.8% 87.3%
2012 90.7% 86.9%
2011 89.6% 86.5%
2010 88.5% 86.1%
2009 87.4% 85.7%
2008 86.2% 85.2%
2007 85.1% 84.8%
2006 83.9% 84.3%
2005 82.7% 83.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 99.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 92.8%, the figure has changed by +6.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, Paraguay has the 63rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.5%.

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.H2O.BASW.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Paraguay
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