Chile vs South Korea: People not using safely managed drinking water sources

Chile
429,142 people
in 2024
South Korea
370,986 people
in 2024
Chile rank
84th
South Korea rank
86th

People not using safely managed drinking water sources over time

  • Chile
  • South Korea
400.0k600.0k800.0k1.0M1.2M1.4M200020122024

How they compare

Chile currently reports 429,142 people against 370,986 people in South Korea, a difference of 58,156 people.

That makes Chile's figure about 1.2 times South Korea's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was South Korea ahead.

Chile ranks 84th and South Korea ranks 86th of 163 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
People not using safely managed drinking water sources
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
163 places, 3,991 data points, 2000–2024
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People not using safely managed drinking water sources either use unimproved drinking water sources or the improved sources they use are not located on their premises, not available when needed, or not free of contamination.