Peru
Capital: Lima · Upper middle income · Pop. 34.2 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Peru, 49.43% 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 17.3 million people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 56.49% use safely managed sanitation services and 78.77% have at least a basic service (2024).
Peru has about 49,021 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 81% of Peru's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Peru have safe drinking water?
49.43% of Peru's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 17.3 million people do not.
Does Peru have enough freshwater?
Peru has roughly 49,021 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 2% of it annually (low stress).