Sanitation facilities usage in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Sanitation facilities usage was 32.5% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Sanitation facilities usage 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
Puerto Rico recorded 32.5% for sanitation facilities usage in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, sanitation facilities usage in Puerto Rico peaked at 32.5% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 32.5%, in 2014.
That places Puerto Rico 113th out of 150 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Sanitation facilities usage 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% |
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 |
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More population data for Puerto Rico
- Population regions with projections, annual growth rate -2.24 % change on previous year (2100)
- Urban and rural population 2050, annual growth rate -30.47 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population long run with projections, annual growth rate -2.24 % change on previous year (2100)
- Un population 2024 vs 2022, annual growth rate -2.06 % change on previous year (2100)
- Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate -0.7905 % change on previous year (2100)
- World population growth -2.3% (2100)
- Population density 112.25 people per km² (2100)
- Number of children under 5, by world region 23,218 people (2100)
- Population growth rate, by level of development -2.3% (2100)
- Number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate -0.1217 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sanitation facilities usage in Puerto Rico?
- Sanitation facilities usage 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 sanitation facilities usage recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 32.5% in 2000.
- What is the lowest sanitation facilities usage recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.5% in 2014.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for sanitation facilities usage?
- Puerto Rico ranks 113th out of 150 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sanitation facilities usage 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 Sanitation facilities usage. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.