People using at least basic sanitation services in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: People using at least basic sanitation services was 100.0% in 2024. ▬ Flat
People using at least basic sanitation services in Puerto Rico, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
The most recent figure for people using at least basic sanitation services in Puerto Rico is 100.0%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using at least basic sanitation services in Puerto Rico peaked at 100.0% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 97.6%, in 2000.
Puerto Rico ranks 1st of 214 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
People using at least basic sanitation services in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 97.6% | — |
| 2001 | 97.8% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 98.0% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 98.2% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 98.3% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 98.5% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 98.7% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 98.9% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 99.1% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 99.2% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 99.4% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 99.6% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 99.8% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 100.0% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 98.4% | 97.6% | 99.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 99.9% | 99.4% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 1 Andorra 100.0% compare
- 1 Australia 100.0% compare
- 1 Bahrain 100.0% compare
- 1 Brunei Darussalam 100.0% compare
- 1 Gibraltar 100.0% compare
- 1 Isle of Man 100.0% compare
- 1 Kuwait 100.0% compare
- 1 Macao 100.0% compare
- 1 Malta 100.0% compare
- 1 Monaco 100.0% compare
- 1 New Caledonia 100.0% compare
- 1 New Zealand 100.0% compare
- 1 San Marino 100.0% compare
- 1 Singapore 100.0% compare
- 1 Saint Martin (French part) 100.0% compare
More health data for Puerto Rico
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -20 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.45 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 2,519 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 4 deaths (2100)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 15,521 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 62.3% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 971,601 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 64.8% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 2.02 million (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 14,230 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using at least basic sanitation services in Puerto Rico?
- People using at least basic sanitation services in Puerto Rico was 100.0% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest people using at least basic sanitation services recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2014.
- What is the lowest people using at least basic sanitation services recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 97.6% in 2000.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for people using at least basic sanitation services?
- Puerto Rico ranks 1st out of 214 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using at least basic sanitation services rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Puerto Rico data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The percentage of people using at least basic sanitation services, that is, improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households. This indicator encompasses both people using basic sanitation services as well as those using safely managed sanitation services. Improved sanitation facilities include flush/pour flush to piped sewer systems, septic tanks or pit latrines; ventilated improved pit latrines, composting toilets or pit latrines with slabs.