Brazil vs Colombia: Drinking water services in rural areas

Brazil
2.27 million people
in 2016
Colombia
1.83 million people
in 2014
Brazil rank
13th
Colombia rank
16th

Drinking water services in rural areas over time

  • Brazil
  • Colombia
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How they compare

Brazil currently reports 2.27 million people against 1.83 million people in Colombia, a difference of 439,430 people.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.2 times Colombia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 9 shared years of data; in 2006 it was Colombia ahead.

Brazil ranks 13th and Colombia ranks 16th of 178 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Drinking water services in rural areas
Unit
people
Source
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
178 places, 4,232 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

Number of people using drinking water directly collected from surface waters.