Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Paraguay
Paraguay: Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services was 99.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services 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 the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Paraguay stood at 99.1%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 15.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Paraguay peaked at 99.1% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 55.4%, in 2000.
That places Paraguay 50th out of 178 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.
Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 55.4% | — |
| 2001 | 57.6% | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 59.8% | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 62.0% | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 64.2% | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 66.3% | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 68.5% | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 70.7% | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 72.9% | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 75.0% | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 77.2% | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 79.4% | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 81.5% | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 83.7% | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 85.8% | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 88.0% | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 90.2% | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 92.3% | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 94.5% | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 96.7% | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 98.9% | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 99.1% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 99.1% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 99.1% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 99.1% | +0.0% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 99.1% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 94.8%, 1.0× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 99.1% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 93.3%, 1.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 65.2% | 55.4% | 75.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 86.9% | 77.2% | 96.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.1% | 98.9% | 99.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 47 Samoa 99.3% compare
- 48 Bhutan 99.3% compare
- 49 Wallis and Futuna 99.3% compare
- 51 Palau 99.1% compare
- 52 Trinidad and Tobago 99.0% compare
- 53 Antigua and Barbuda 99.0% compare
More environment data for Paraguay
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -8.73 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.6 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.45 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.698 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.2789 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Paraguay?
- Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Paraguay was 99.1% 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 the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 99.1% in 2021.
- What is the lowest share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 55.4% in 2000.
- How does Paraguay rank for share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services?
- Paraguay ranks 50th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.5%. 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 the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.