During the second half of 2023, the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) revealed that approximately 15,060 million people, equivalent to 51% of the population, lived in 4,577 million homes (2.2%) without access to any of the three essential public services: running water, mains gas and sewers.
On the other hand, some 14,450 million people (49%) lived in homes that did have these services, forming part of 5,461 million households (54.4%).
The report also highlighted that 60.2% of households own both the home and the land, while 6.4% own only the home. In contrast, 22.0% of households are renters. Within this category, those who pay taxes or expenses are included, as well as free occupants with permission and de facto occupants, together representing 9.5% of the total number of households.
Likewise, it was reported that 1,218 million people (4.1%) lived in critical overcrowding, in 222,222 homes (2.2%), while the majority, some 28,284 million (95.9%), lived without overcrowding in 9,814 million households (87.8%).
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{{msg}} {{msg}}On the other hand, approximately 2,390 million people (8.1%) lived in flood-prone areas, distributed in 679,000 homes (6.8%), while 1,658 million lived near garbage dumps (5.6%), representing 482,000 homes ( 4.8%).
Regarding household sanitation, it was revealed that 1,264 homes (12.6%), where 4,438 million people live, had inadequate conditions, while 8,775 million homes (87.4%), with a population of 25,072 million (85%), had adequate conditions.
The report defines households with inadequate sanitation as those that lack a bathroom, have the bathroom outside the property, share it with other homes, have drainage that is not connected to the public network or a septic tank, or lack water flushing in the bathroom. . (with information from NA)
