Safely managed sanitation in Venezuela

26.0% of people in Venezuela used safely managed sanitation in 2024.

Measure: People using safely managed sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Venezuela, 2024 26.0% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 26.0%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 114th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation in Venezuela 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 VenezuelaWorld
2024 26.0% 58.5%
2023 26.0% 57.8%
2022 26.0% 57.0%
2021 25.3% 56.1%
2020 25.5% 55.2%
2019 25.5% 54.2%
2018 25.4% 52.8%
2017 25.2% 51.3%
2016 25.1% 49.9%
2015 24.9% 48.4%
2014 24.8% 46.9%
2013 24.6% 45.5%
2012 24.4% 44.1%
2011 24.3% 42.8%
2010 24.2% 41.5%
2009 24.1% 40.2%
2008 24.1% 38.9%
2007 24.2% 37.6%
2006 24.3% 36.3%
2005 24.5% 35.1%
2004 24.6% 34.0%
2003 24.7% 32.8%
2002 24.8% 31.7%
2001 25.0% 31.7%
2000 25.1% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 24.8%, the figure has changed by +1.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Venezuela has the 114th 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 Venezuela
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