Paraguay - Access to basic drinking water services

People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of rural population)

People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of rural population) in Paraguay was 99.11 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 99.11 in 2020, while its lowest value was 53.22 in 2000.

Definition: The percentage of people using at least basic water services. This indicator encompasses both people using basic water services as well as those using safely managed water services. Basic drinking water services is defined as drinking water from an improved source, provided collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a round trip. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).

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Year Value
2000 53.22
2001 55.94
2002 58.63
2003 61.32
2004 64.00
2005 66.68
2006 69.36
2007 72.04
2008 74.71
2009 77.38
2010 80.05
2011 82.71
2012 85.37
2013 88.03
2014 90.69
2015 93.34
2016 96.00
2017 98.65
2018 99.11
2019 99.11
2020 99.11

People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of urban population)

People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of urban population) in Paraguay was 99.89 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 99.89 in 2020, while its lowest value was 93.71 in 2000.

Definition: The percentage of people using at least basic water services. This indicator encompasses both people using basic water services as well as those using safely managed water services. Basic drinking water services is defined as drinking water from an improved source, provided collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a round trip. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).

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Year Value
2000 93.71
2001 94.08
2002 94.44
2003 94.81
2004 95.16
2005 95.52
2006 95.88
2007 96.24
2008 96.59
2009 96.95
2010 97.31
2011 97.66
2012 98.02
2013 98.38
2014 98.74
2015 99.09
2016 99.45
2017 99.81
2018 99.89
2019 99.89
2020 99.89

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population)

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) in Paraguay was 99.59 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 99.59 in 2020, while its lowest value was 75.63 in 2000.

Definition: The percentage of people using at least basic water services. This indicator encompasses both people using basic water services as well as those using safely managed water services. Basic drinking water services is defined as drinking water from an improved source, provided collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a round trip. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).

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Year Value
2000 75.63
2001 77.29
2002 78.90
2003 80.40
2004 81.86
2005 83.30
2006 84.73
2007 86.14
2008 87.54
2009 88.91
2010 90.28
2011 91.62
2012 92.95
2013 94.26
2014 95.56
2015 96.84
2016 98.10
2017 99.36
2018 99.59
2019 99.59
2020 99.59

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention