Drinking water services in Bolivia
Bolivia: Drinking water services was 580,324 people in 2024. ▼ Falling
Drinking water services in Bolivia, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in people.
Analysis
The most recent figure for drinking water services in Bolivia is 580,324 people, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 3.9% on the previous year and down 28.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water services in Bolivia peaked at 1.08 million people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 580,324 people, in 2024.
That places Bolivia 38th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 996,696 people | 910,708 people | 1.08 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 796,791 people | 701,001 people | 890,334 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 628,113 people | 580,324 people | 677,200 people | 5 |
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More environment data for Bolivia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 63.76 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 5.14 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 21.76 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0285 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 2.43 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0251 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 26.51 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0181 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0816 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 2.17 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water services in Bolivia?
- Drinking water services in Bolivia was 580,324 people in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest drinking water services recorded in Bolivia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.08 million people in 2000.
- What is the lowest drinking water services recorded in Bolivia?
- The lowest recorded value was 580,324 people in 2024.
- How does Bolivia rank for drinking water services?
- Bolivia ranks 38th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water services rising or falling in Bolivia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bolivia data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Drinking water services. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of people using drinking water directly collected from surface waters.