Basic drinking water access in Brazil

100.0% of people in Brazil 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
Brazil, 2024 100.0% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 99.9%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2024 99.4% Middle value of 18 countries
Position in 2024 36th of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in Brazil 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), 2000 to 2024
Period BrazilWorld
2024 100.0% 91.5%
2023 99.9% 91.2%
2022 99.6% 90.9%
2021 99.4% 90.4%
2020 99.1% 90.0%
2019 98.8% 89.6%
2018 98.6% 89.3%
2017 98.2% 88.9%
2016 97.9% 88.5%
2015 97.7% 88.1%
2014 97.5% 87.7%
2013 97.2% 87.3%
2012 97.0% 86.9%
2011 96.7% 86.5%
2010 96.5% 86.1%
2009 96.2% 85.7%
2008 95.9% 85.2%
2007 95.7% 84.8%
2006 95.4% 84.3%
2005 95.1% 83.9%
2004 94.8% 82.6%
2003 94.5% 82.1%
2002 94.2% 81.6%
2001 93.9% 80.9%
2000 93.5% 80.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 99.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 97.5%, the figure has changed by +2.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, Brazil has the 36th 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 Brazil
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