User:JustinePorto/Public toilets in Peru

Public toilets in Peru are rare, at only two per 100,000 people. Most have sit toilets, do not provide toilet paper and charge a small fee. Some infrastructure has been done in the tourism sector to make public toilets more accessible.

Public toilets
A 2021 study found there were two public toilets per 100,000 people. The most common type of public toilet is a sit toilet, and they often do not provide toilet paper. Public pay toilets are common, with typical charge around PEN30. Sloths were an issue at public toilets in rural Peru, as they liked to eat insects attracted by these toilets.

PromPerú had a program to make airports and tourist infrastructure more disability accessible in the early 2000s. Part of this accessibly effort included making wheelchair accessible public toilets.

Family homes on the outskirts of Lima sometimes had toilet stalls that were detached from the residence.

Open urination is common in some rural places. Women take advantage of their long skirts to pee in places like small towns near Lake Titicaca.

Regional and global situation impacting public toilets in Peru
Baño is the most common way to say toilet in Spanish speaking countries. Other words for toilet include aseo, váter, retrete, servicio, lavabo, sanitarios, regadera, bidé, tina, lavamanos and orinal. Men's toilets are called hombres, while women's toilets are called mujeres. Unisex toilets are called baño unisex. Toilet paper is called papel higiénico.

Public toilet access around the world is most acute in the Global South, with around 3.6 billion people, 40% of the world's total population, lacking access to any toilet facilities. 2.3 people in the the Global South do not have toilet facilities in their residence. Despite the fact that the United Nation made a declaration in 2010 that clean water and sanitation is a human right, little has been done in many places towards addressing this on a wider level. An issue in developing countries is toilet access in schools. Only 46% of schools in developing countries have them.

Sit flush toilets are the most common type of toilet in Latin America and South America.

Most countries in Latin and South America do not have the sanitation infrastructure to support toilet paper being flushed. Trash cans are typically put next to the toilet to allow for easy disposal of toilet paper. In the early 2000s, it was very rare for public toilets to have wheelchair access anywhere in South America. The few that were available tended to be at upscale shopping centers.