People using improved sanitation facilities in Mexico
Mexico: People using improved sanitation facilities was 130.86 million people in 2024. ▲ Rising
People using improved sanitation facilities in Mexico, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in people.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 130.86 million people for people using improved sanitation facilities in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using improved sanitation facilities in Mexico peaked at 130.86 million people in 2024 and was at its lowest, 83.81 million people, in 2000.
Mexico ranks 10th of 232 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 92.96 million people | 83.81 million people | 102.48 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 114.27 million people | 104.74 million people | 123.14 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 128.03 million people | 124.91 million people | 130.86 million people | 5 |
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More population data for Mexico
- Population growth rate, by level of development -0.6% (2100)
- Number of children under 5, by world region 5.55 million people (2100)
- Population density 67 people per km² (2100)
- World population growth -0.6% (2100)
- Total fertility rate vs. wanted fertility rate 1.89 births per woman (2024)
- Refugees by country of asylum 150,836 people (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception 1.89 births per woman (2024)
- Total fertility rate vs. contraceptive prevalence 1.89 births per woman (2024)
- Natural population growth rate 1.0% (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 1.91 live births per woman (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using improved sanitation facilities in Mexico?
- People using improved sanitation facilities in Mexico was 130.86 million people 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 people using improved sanitation facilities recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 130.86 million people in 2024.
- What is the lowest people using improved sanitation facilities recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 83.81 million people in 2000.
- How does Mexico rank for people using improved sanitation facilities?
- Mexico ranks 10th out of 232 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using improved sanitation facilities rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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 People using improved sanitation facilities. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of people using improved sanitation facilities, regardless of whether they are shared with other households.