Safely managed sanitation in Puerto Rico (US)

32.5% of people in Puerto Rico (US) used safely managed sanitation in 2024.

Measure: People using safely managed sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Puerto Rico (US), 2024 32.5% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 32.5%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 105th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation in Puerto Rico (US) 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 Puerto Rico (US)World
2024 32.5% 58.5%
2023 32.5% 57.8%
2022 32.5% 57.0%
2021 32.5% 56.1%
2020 32.5% 55.2%
2019 32.5% 54.2%
2018 32.5% 52.8%
2017 32.5% 51.3%
2016 32.5% 49.9%
2015 32.5% 48.4%
2014 32.5% 46.9%
2013 32.5% 45.5%
2012 32.5% 44.1%
2011 32.5% 42.8%
2010 32.5% 41.5%
2009 32.5% 40.2%
2008 32.5% 38.9%
2007 32.5% 37.6%
2006 32.5% 36.3%
2005 32.5% 35.1%
2004 32.5% 34.0%
2003 32.5% 32.8%
2002 32.5% 31.7%
2001 32.5% 31.7%
2000 32.5% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 32.5%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Puerto Rico (US) has the 105th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 58.5%.

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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 Puerto Rico (US)
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