Drinking water service usage in Paraguay
Paraguay: Drinking water service usage was 64.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Drinking water service usage in Paraguay, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 64.4% for drinking water service usage in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water service usage in Paraguay peaked at 64.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 49.9%, in 2000.
Paraguay ranks 111th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 53.3% | 49.9% | 56.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 60.2% | 57.2% | 63.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 64.1% | 63.7% | 64.4% | 5 |
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More environment data for Paraguay
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 41.44 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 5.98 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 24.41 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.3165 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.03 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0479 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 26.45 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0016 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0283 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.6091 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water service usage in Paraguay?
- Drinking water service usage in Paraguay was 64.4% 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 drinking water service usage recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 64.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest drinking water service usage recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.9% in 2000.
- How does Paraguay rank for drinking water service usage?
- Paraguay ranks 111th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water service usage rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Paraguay 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 Drinking water service usage. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of people using an improved drinking water source that is located on premises, available when needed and free from faecal and priority chemical contamination.