Proportion of health care facilities with no water service in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions)
Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions): Proportion of health care facilities with no water service was 14.08 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Proportion of health care facilities with no water service in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions), 2007–2023
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of health care facilities with no water service in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions) is 14.08, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 5.4% on the previous year and up 155.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of health care facilities with no water service in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions) peaked at 14.08 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3.87, in 2007.
That places Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions) 24th out of 66 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Proportion of health care facilities with no water service in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3.87 | — |
| 2008 | 3.88 | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 4.63 | +19.3% |
| 2010 | 4.64 | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 5.01 | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 5.25 | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 5.51 | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 5.71 | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 5.92 | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 9.19 | +55.2% |
| 2017 | 9.51 | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 9.96 | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 10.54 | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 11.12 | +5.5% |
| 2021 | 11.43 | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 13.35 | +16.8% |
| 2023 | 14.08 | +5.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of health care facilities with no water service in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +55.2% | 5.92 | 9.19 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.13 | 3.87 | 4.63 | 3 |
| 2010s | 7.12 | 4.64 | 10.54 | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.49 | 11.12 | 14.08 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions)
- 21 Peru 22.08 compare
- 22 Belize 21.03 compare
- 23 Sierra Leone 20.71 compare
- 24 Uzbekistan 20 compare
- 24 Cote d'Ivoire 20 compare
- 26 Philippines 19.5 compare
- 27 Solomon Islands 19.17 compare
More health data for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions)
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -4.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 5,092 (2100)
- Child deaths 19,504 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 5.02 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 65,564 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 46,060 (2024)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 7.1 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 2.08 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.5402 (2024)
- Deaths aged 20 to 24 76,656 (2024)
All data for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of health care facilities with no water service in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions)?
- Proportion of health care facilities with no water service in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions) was 14.08 in 2023, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest proportion of health care facilities with no water service recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions)?
- The highest recorded value was 14.08 in 2023.
- What is the lowest proportion of health care facilities with no water service recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.87 in 2007.
- How does Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions) rank for proportion of health care facilities with no water service?
- Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions) ranks 24th out of 66 groups with data for 2023.
- Is proportion of health care facilities with no water service rising or falling in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 155.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions) data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Proportion of health care facilities with no water service (Drinking Water). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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