Safely managed sanitation in Peru

56.5% of people in Peru 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
Peru, 2024 56.5% % of population
Change from 2023 +2.1percentage points 2023: 54.3%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 77th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation 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 sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period PeruWorld
2024 56.5% 58.5%
2023 54.3% 57.8%
2022 52.2% 57.0%
2021 50.1% 56.1%
2020 48.1% 55.2%
2019 46.1% 54.2%
2018 44.1% 52.8%
2017 42.1% 51.3%
2016 40.1% 49.9%
2015 38.2% 48.4%
2014 36.3% 46.9%
2013 34.5% 45.5%
2012 32.6% 44.1%
2011 30.8% 42.8%
2010 29.0% 41.5%
2009 27.3% 40.2%
2008 25.6% 38.9%
2007 23.9% 37.6%
2006 22.2% 36.3%
2005 20.6% 35.1%
2004 19.0% 34.0%
2003 17.4% 32.8%
2002 15.9% 31.7%
2001 14.4% 31.7%
2000 12.9% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.1 percentage points from 54.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 36.3%, the figure has changed by +20.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Peru has the 77th 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 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