Safely managed drinking water in Brazil

88.6% of people in Brazil used safely managed drinking water in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using safely managed drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Brazil, 2024 88.6% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.7percentage points 2023: 88.0%
World, 2024 73.7% Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2024 96.8% Middle value of 14 countries
Position in 2024 65th of 148 See the full ranking

Safely managed drinking water 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 safely managed drinking water services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period BrazilWorld
2024 88.6% 73.7%
2023 88.0% 72.0%
2022 87.1% 71.5%
2021 86.4% 71.0%
2020 85.7% 70.5%
2019 85.0% 69.9%
2018 84.3% 69.4%
2017 83.5% 68.8%
2016 82.7% 68.2%
2015 82.0% 67.7%
2014 81.2% 67.1%
2013 80.5% 66.5%
2012 79.7% 65.9%
2011 79.5% 65.3%
2010 79.3% 64.8%
2009 79.0% 64.3%
2008 78.8% 63.8%
2007 78.5% 63.4%
2006 78.3% 63.1%
2005 78.0% 62.8%
2004 77.8% 62.5%
2003 77.4% 62.1%
2002 76.8% 61.8%
2001 76.3% 61.5%
2000 75.8% 61.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from 88.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 81.2%, the figure has changed by +7.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 148 countries with data for 2024, Brazil has the 65th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 73.7%.

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.SMDW.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