Paraguay
Capital: Asuncion · Upper middle income · Pop. 6.9 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Paraguay, 64.36% of the population uses safely managed drinking water — an improved source, located on premises, available when needed, and free from contamination (2024 estimate). That leaves roughly 2.5 million people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 58.53% use safely managed sanitation services and 95.93% have at least a basic service (2024).
Paraguay has about 17,307 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 2% of those internal resources annually (low water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 79% of Paraguay's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Paraguay have safe drinking water?
64.36% of Paraguay's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 2.5 million people do not.
Does Paraguay have enough freshwater?
Paraguay has roughly 17,307 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 2% of it annually (low stress).