Paraguay - Access to safely managed sanitation services

People using safely managed sanitation services, rural (% of rural population)

People using safely managed sanitation services, rural (% of rural population) in Paraguay was 70.72 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 70.72 in 2020, while its lowest value was 36.90 in 2000.

Definition: The percentage of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of in situ or transported and treated offsite. Improved sanitation facilities include flush/pour flush to piped sewer systems, septic tanks or pit latrines: ventilated improved pit latrines, compositing toilets or pit latrines with slabs.

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

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Year Value
2000 36.90
2001 38.65
2002 40.38
2003 42.10
2004 43.82
2005 45.53
2006 47.25
2007 48.96
2008 50.67
2009 52.37
2010 54.08
2011 55.78
2012 57.48
2013 59.17
2014 60.87
2015 62.56
2016 64.25
2017 65.92
2018 67.49
2019 69.11
2020 70.72

People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population)

People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) in Paraguay was 53.68 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 53.68 in 2020, while its lowest value was 49.70 in 2000.

Definition: The percentage of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of in situ or transported and treated offsite. Improved sanitation facilities include flush/pour flush to piped sewer systems, septic tanks or pit latrines: ventilated improved pit latrines, compositing toilets or pit latrines with slabs.

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

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Year Value
2000 49.70
2001 49.89
2002 50.10
2003 50.31
2004 50.51
2005 50.72
2006 50.93
2007 51.14
2008 51.34
2009 51.55
2010 51.76
2011 51.96
2012 52.17
2013 52.38
2014 52.59
2015 52.79
2016 53.00
2017 53.21
2018 53.42
2019 53.61
2020 53.68

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) in Paraguay was 60.13 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 60.13 in 2020, while its lowest value was 43.98 in 2000.

Definition: The percentage of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of in situ or transported and treated offsite. Improved sanitation facilities include flush/pour flush to piped sewer systems, septic tanks or pit latrines: ventilated improved pit latrines, compositing toilets or pit latrines with slabs.

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

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Year Value
2000 43.98
2001 44.94
2002 45.88
2003 46.78
2004 47.65
2005 48.52
2006 49.38
2007 50.23
2008 51.06
2009 51.89
2010 52.70
2011 53.50
2012 54.30
2013 55.08
2014 55.86
2015 56.63
2016 57.38
2017 58.13
2018 58.82
2019 59.52
2020 60.13

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention