Public private partnerships investment in water and sanitation in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Public private partnerships investment in water and sanitation was 120.44 million current US$ in 2005. ◆ Volatile
Public private partnerships investment in water and sanitation in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1995–2005
Source: Private Participation in Infrastructure Project Database, World Bank (WB). Measured in current US$.
Analysis
The most recent figure for public private partnerships investment in water and sanitation in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) is 120.44 million current US$, measured in 2005. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of down 78.6% on the previous year and down 90.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, public private partnerships investment in water and sanitation in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 1.79 billion current US$ in 1999 and was at its lowest, 120.44 million current US$, in 2005.
Public private partnerships investment in water and sanitation in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 1.26 billion current US$ | — |
| 1996 | 147.90 million current US$ | -88.3% |
| 1997 | 1.50 billion current US$ | +911.0% |
| 1998 | 985.20 million current US$ | -34.1% |
| 1999 | 1.79 billion current US$ | +81.5% |
| 2001 | 856.83 million current US$ | -52.1% |
| 2004 | 563.08 million current US$ | -34.3% |
| 2005 | 120.44 million current US$ | -78.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.14 billion current US$ | 147.90 million current US$ | 1.79 billion current US$ | 5 |
| 2000s | 513.45 million current US$ | 120.44 million current US$ | 856.83 million current US$ | 3 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- 5 China 497.34 million current US$ compare
- 6 Colombia 129.00 million current US$ compare
- 7 Peru 121.40 million current US$ compare
- 8 Argentina 34.65 million current US$ compare
- 9 India 25.00 million current US$ compare
- 10 Viet Nam 24.00 million current US$ compare
- 11 Thailand 18.80 million current US$ compare
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- Mobile cellular subscriptions 117.7 per 100 people (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 72.00 million (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 12 per 100 people (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.1149 units per person (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.12 units per person (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is public private partnerships investment in water and sanitation in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Public private partnerships investment in water and sanitation in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 120.44 million current US$ in 2005, according to Private Participation in Infrastructure Project Database, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest public private partnerships investment in water and sanitation recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.79 billion current US$ in 1999.
- What is the lowest public private partnerships investment in water and sanitation recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 120.44 million current US$ in 2005.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for public private partnerships investment in water and sanitation?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 8th out of 11 groups with data for 2005.
- Is public private partnerships investment in water and sanitation rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 90.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Private Participation in Infrastructure Project Database, World Bank (WB), published as part of Public private partnerships investment in water and sanitation (current US$). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) Database records contractual arrangements for public infrastructure projects in low- and middle-income countries (as classified by the World Bank) that have reached financial closure, in which private parties assume operating risk. Public private partnerships in water refers to commitments to infrastructure projects in potable water (treatment and distribution, and sewerage collection and treatment that has an active government component) that have reached financial closure and directly or indirectly serve the public. The types of projects included are management and lease contracts, brownfield projects, and greenfield projects (in which a private entity or a public-private joint venture builds and operates a new facility). It excludes divestitures and merchant projects. Investments are classified as one of two types: (1) Investments in physical assets: resources the project company commits to invest in expanding and modernizing facilities and (2) Payments to the government: to acquire state-owned enterprises or rights to provide services in a specific area or to use radio spectrum. Data is presented based on investment year. Data are in current U.S. dollars.