Safely managed drinking water in Peru

49.4% of people in Peru used safely managed drinking water in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2013.

Measure: People using safely managed drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Peru, 2024 49.4% % of population
Change from 2023 −0.8percentage points 2023: 50.2%
World, 2024 73.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 106th of 148 See the full ranking

Safely managed drinking water 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 safely managed drinking water services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period PeruWorld
2024 49.4% 73.7%
2023 50.2% 72.0%
2022 50.9% 71.5%
2021 51.6% 71.0%
2020 51.3% 70.5%
2019 51.0% 69.9%
2018 50.7% 69.4%
2017 50.5% 68.8%
2016 50.2% 68.2%
2015 49.9% 67.7%
2014 49.6% 67.1%
2013 49.4% 66.5%
2012 49.1% 65.9%
2011 48.8% 65.3%
2010 48.5% 64.8%
2009 48.2% 64.3%
2008 47.9% 63.8%
2007 47.6% 63.4%
2006 47.3% 63.1%
2005 46.9% 62.8%
2004 46.5% 62.5%
2003 46.2% 62.1%
2002 45.8% 61.8%
2001 45.4% 61.5%
2000 45.0% 61.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.8 percentage points from 50.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 49.6%, the figure has changed by −0.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 148 countries with data for 2024, Peru has the 106th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 73.7%.

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.SMDW.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