Brazil vs Peru: Share of population using safely managed sanitation

Brazil

55.0%

in 2024

Peru

56.5%

in 2024

Brazil rank

84th

Peru rank

83rd

Share of population using safely managed sanitation over time

Brazil
Peru

How they compare

Peru currently reports 56.5% against 55.0% in Brazil, a difference of 1.5%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 84th and Peru ranks 83rd of 150 countries.

Individual pages

Share of population using safely managed sanitation in Brazil
Share of population using safely managed sanitation in Peru
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Share of population using safely managed sanitation
Unit: %
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 150 places, 3,667 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Proportion of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed in situ or transported and treated off-site.