Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Paraguay
Paraguay: Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source was 99.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source 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
In 2024, share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Paraguay stood at 99.6%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Paraguay peaked at 99.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 76.4%, in 2000.
That places Paraguay 69th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 82.1% | 76.4% | 87.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 93.3% | 88.5% | 98.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.4% | 99.0% | 99.6% | 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 share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Paraguay?
- Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Paraguay was 99.6% 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 at least a basic drinking water source recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 99.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of population using at least a basic drinking water source recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 76.4% in 2000.
- How does Paraguay rank for share of population using at least a basic drinking water source?
- Paraguay ranks 69th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of population using at least a basic drinking water source rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.3%. 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 Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of people who use an improved drinking water source, which is either located on their premises, or at a collection point, which takes no more than 30 minutes for a roundtrip.