Share of population using safely managed sanitation in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Share of population using safely managed sanitation was 32.5% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Share of population using safely managed sanitation in Puerto Rico, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of population using safely managed sanitation in Puerto Rico stood at 32.5%. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of population using safely managed sanitation in Puerto Rico peaked at 32.5% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 32.5%, in 2014.
Puerto Rico ranks 113th of 150 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Share of population using safely managed sanitation in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 32.5% | — |
| 2001 | 32.5% | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 32.5% | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 32.5% | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 32.5% | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 32.5% | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 32.5% | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 32.5% | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 32.5% | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 32.5% | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 32.5% | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 32.5% | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 32.5% | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 32.5% | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 32.5% | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 32.5% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 32.5% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 32.5% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 32.5% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 32.5% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 32.5% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 32.5% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 32.5% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 32.5% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 32.5% | +0.0% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 32.5% is below the median for high income countries, which is 92.1%, 35% of the median. (60 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 32.5% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 43.4%, 75% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 32.5% | 32.5% | 32.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.5% | 32.5% | 32.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 32.5% | 32.5% | 32.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
More reference data data for Puerto Rico
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.2501 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1709 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Agricultural 326.76 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 1,009 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Manure Management 34.71 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Burning - Crop residues 0.0011 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Enteric Fermentation 34.81 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture 36.05 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Manure Management 1.24 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop 0.0077 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of population using safely managed sanitation in Puerto Rico?
- Share of population using safely managed sanitation in Puerto Rico was 32.5% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of population using safely managed sanitation recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 32.5% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of population using safely managed sanitation recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.5% in 2014.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for share of population using safely managed sanitation?
- Puerto Rico ranks 113th out of 150 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of population using safely managed sanitation 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 for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of population using safely managed sanitation. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.