Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America and the Caribbean: Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services was 51 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Latin America and the Caribbean recorded 51 % for percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in Latin America and the Caribbean peaked at 51 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 30 %, in 2000.
Latin America and the Caribbean ranks 19th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in Latin America and the Caribbean, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 30 % | — |
| 2001 | 30 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 30 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 31 % | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 32 % | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 32 % | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 33 % | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 34 % | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 35 % | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 36 % | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 37 % | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 38 % | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 39 % | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 41 % | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 42 % | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 43 % | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 44 % | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 45 % | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 46 % | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 47 % | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 48 % | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 49 % | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 50 % | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 51 % | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 51 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 32.3 % | 30 % | 36 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 42.2 % | 37 % | 47 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 49.8 % | 48 % | 51 % | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in Latin America and the Caribbean was 51 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 51 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 30 % in 2000.
- How does Latin America and the Caribbean rank for percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services?
- Latin America and the Caribbean ranks 19th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services rising or falling in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America and the Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services (percent) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.