Basic drinking water access in Latin America and Caribbean
97.6% of people in Latin America and Caribbean used at least basic drinking water services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
Latin America and Caribbean is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Latin America and Caribbean, 2024
97.6%
Change from 2023
+0.2percentage points
World, 2024
91.5%
Basic drinking water access in Latin America and Caribbean 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.
| Period | Latin America and Caribbean | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 97.6% | 91.5% |
| 2023 | 97.4% | 91.2% |
| 2022 | 97.2% | 90.9% |
| 2021 | 97.0% | 90.4% |
| 2020 | 96.7% | 90.0% |
| 2019 | 96.4% | 89.6% |
| 2018 | 96.2% | 89.3% |
| 2017 | 95.9% | 88.9% |
| 2016 | 95.8% | 88.5% |
| 2015 | 95.6% | 88.1% |
| 2014 | 95.4% | 87.7% |
| 2013 | 95.1% | 87.3% |
| 2012 | 94.9% | 86.9% |
| 2011 | 94.6% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | 94.3% | 86.1% |
| 2009 | 94.0% | 85.7% |
| 2008 | 93.8% | 85.2% |
| 2007 | 93.5% | 84.8% |
| 2006 | 93.2% | 84.3% |
| 2005 | 92.9% | 83.9% |
| 2004 | 92.6% | 82.6% |
| 2003 | 92.2% | 82.1% |
| 2002 | 91.9% | 81.6% |
| 2001 | 91.5% | 80.9% |
| 2000 | 91.1% | 80.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 97.4% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 95.4%, the figure has changed by +2.2 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.5%.