Safely managed sanitation in Paraguay

58.5% of people in Paraguay 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
Paraguay, 2024 58.5% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 58.4%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 74th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation 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 safely managed sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period ParaguayWorld
2024 58.5% 58.5%
2023 58.4% 57.8%
2022 58.0% 57.0%
2021 57.7% 56.1%
2020 57.3% 55.2%
2019 56.9% 54.2%
2018 56.5% 52.8%
2017 56.0% 51.3%
2016 55.6% 49.9%
2015 55.1% 48.4%
2014 54.6% 46.9%
2013 54.2% 45.5%
2012 53.7% 44.1%
2011 53.2% 42.8%
2010 52.7% 41.5%
2009 52.2% 40.2%
2008 51.7% 38.9%
2007 51.2% 37.6%
2006 50.7% 36.3%
2005 50.1% 35.1%
2004 49.6% 34.0%
2003 49.1% 32.8%
2002 48.5% 31.7%
2001 47.9% 31.7%
2000 47.3% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 58.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 54.6%, the figure has changed by +3.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Paraguay has the 74th 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 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