Basic drinking water access in Mexico

99.5% of people in Mexico 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
Mexico, 2024 99.5% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 99.4%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 100.0% Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2024 66th of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in Mexico 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 Mexico
2024 99.5%
2023 99.4%
2022 99.3%
2021 99.0%
2020 98.7%
2019 98.5%
2018 98.2%
2017 97.9%
2016 97.6%
2015 97.4%
2014 97.1%
2013 96.8%
2012 96.5%
2011 96.2%
2010 95.9%
2009 95.6%
2008 95.3%
2007 94.8%
2006 94.4%
2005 93.9%
2004 93.5%
2003 93.0%
2002 92.5%
2001 92.0%
2000 91.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 99.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 97.1%, the figure has changed by +2.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, Mexico has the 66th 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 Mexico
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