Safely managed drinking water in Colombia

74.3% of people in Colombia 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
Colombia, 2024 74.3% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.2percentage points 2023: 74.2%
World, 2024 73.7% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 99.0% Middle value of 36 countries
Position in 2024 83rd of 148 See the full ranking

Safely managed drinking water in Colombia 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 ColombiaWorld
2024 74.3% 73.7%
2023 74.2% 72.0%
2022 73.9% 71.5%
2021 73.7% 71.0%
2020 73.4% 70.5%
2019 73.2% 69.9%
2018 72.9% 69.4%
2017 72.7% 68.8%
2016 72.4% 68.2%
2015 72.1% 67.7%
2014 71.9% 67.1%
2013 71.6% 66.5%
2012 71.3% 65.9%
2011 71.0% 65.3%
2010 70.7% 64.8%
2009 70.4% 64.3%
2008 70.2% 63.8%
2007 69.9% 63.4%
2006 69.6% 63.1%
2005 69.3% 62.8%
2004 69.0% 62.5%
2003 68.7% 62.1%
2002 68.4% 61.8%
2001 68.0% 61.5%
2000 67.7% 61.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 74.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 71.9%, the figure has changed by +2.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 148 countries with data for 2024, Colombia has the 83rd 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 Colombia
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