Basic sanitation access in Peru

78.8% of people in Peru 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
Peru, 2024 78.8% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.5percentage points 2023: 78.3%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 137th of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation access in Peru 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 PeruWorld
2024 78.8% 82.2%
2023 78.3% 81.5%
2022 77.7% 80.4%
2021 77.2% 79.4%
2020 76.7% 78.3%
2019 76.2% 77.2%
2018 75.6% 76.0%
2017 75.1% 74.9%
2016 74.6% 73.8%
2015 74.0% 72.6%
2014 73.5% 71.4%
2013 72.9% 70.2%
2012 72.4% 68.9%
2011 71.8% 67.8%
2010 71.2% 66.7%
2009 70.7% 65.5%
2008 70.1% 64.3%
2007 69.5% 63.1%
2006 68.8% 61.9%
2005 68.2% 60.7%
2004 67.5% 59.6%
2003 66.8% 58.4%
2002 66.1% 57.3%
2001 65.4% 55.6%
2000 64.7% 54.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 78.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 73.5%, the figure has changed by +5.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Peru has the 137th 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 Peru
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