Basic drinking water access in Belize

94.8% of people in Belize used at least basic drinking water services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using at least basic drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Belize, 2024 94.8% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 94.8%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 127th of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in Belize over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population), 2015 to 2024
Period BelizeWorld
2024 94.8% 91.5%
2023 94.8% 91.2%
2022 94.7% 90.9%
2021 94.6% 90.4%
2020 94.4% 90.0%
2019 94.1% 89.6%
2018 93.9% 89.3%
2017 93.6% 88.9%
2016 93.4% 88.5%
2015 93.1% 88.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 94.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 92.9%, the figure has changed by +2.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, Belize has the 127th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.5%.

Source and dates

Original producer
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.H2O.BASW.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Belize
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene