Proportion of health care facilities with no water service in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG)
Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG): Proportion of health care facilities with no water service was 14.06 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Proportion of health care facilities with no water service in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG), 2007–2023
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG) recorded 14.06 for proportion of health care facilities with no water service in 2023. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 23.0% on the previous year and up 151.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of health care facilities with no water service in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG) peaked at 14.06 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3.97, in 2007.
Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG) ranks 26th of 66 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Proportion of health care facilities with no water service in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3.97 | — |
| 2008 | 3.97 | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 4.71 | +18.6% |
| 2010 | 4.73 | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 5.11 | +8.1% |
| 2012 | 5.33 | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 5.59 | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 5.79 | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 5.99 | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 9.23 | +54.1% |
| 2017 | 9.54 | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 9.98 | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 10.56 | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 11.13 | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 11.44 | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 14.06 | +23.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of health care facilities with no water service in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG) 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 | +54.1% | 5.99 | 9.23 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.22 | 3.97 | 4.71 | 3 |
| 2010s | 7.18 | 4.73 | 10.56 | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.21 | 11.13 | 14.06 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG)
- 23 Sierra Leone 20.71 compare
- 24 Uzbekistan 20 compare
- 24 Côte d'Ivoire 20 compare
- 26 Philippines 19.5 compare
- 27 Solomon Islands 19.17 compare
- 28 Sudan 19.1 compare
- 29 Pakistan 18.41 compare
More health data for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG)
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -4.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 5,117 (2100)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 65,579 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 5.02 (2024)
- Child deaths 19,510 (2024)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 7.1 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 2.08 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 46,069 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.5402 (2024)
- Deaths aged 15 to 19 45,915 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of health care facilities with no water service in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG)?
- Proportion of health care facilities with no water service in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG) was 14.06 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 (UNSDG)?
- The highest recorded value was 14.06 in 2023.
- What is the lowest proportion of health care facilities with no water service recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.97 in 2007.
- How does Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG) rank for proportion of health care facilities with no water service?
- Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG) ranks 26th 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 (UNSDG)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 151.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG) 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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