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 Peru
2024 78.8%
2023 78.3%
2022 77.7%
2021 77.2%
2020 76.7%
2019 76.2%
2018 75.6%
2017 75.1%
2016 74.6%
2015 74.0%
2014 73.5%
2013 72.9%
2012 72.4%
2011 71.8%
2010 71.2%
2009 70.7%
2008 70.1%
2007 69.5%
2006 68.8%
2005 68.2%
2004 67.5%
2003 66.8%
2002 66.1%
2001 65.4%
2000 64.7%

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