Basic sanitation access in Paraguay

95.9% of people in Paraguay 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
Paraguay, 2024 95.9% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.7percentage points 2023: 95.2%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 90th of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation 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 sanitation services (% of population), 2020 to 2024
Period Paraguay
2024 95.9%
2023 95.2%
2022 94.2%
2021 93.4%
2020 92.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from 95.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 86.4%, the figure has changed by +9.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Paraguay has the 90th 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 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