Drinking water services in Colombia
Colombia: Drinking water services was 1.83 million people in 2014. ▬ Flat
Drinking water services in Colombia, 2006–2014
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in people.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 1.83 million people for drinking water services in 2014. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water services in Colombia peaked at 1.93 million people in 2006 and was at its lowest, 1.83 million people, in 2014.
Colombia ranks 17th of 231 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.91 million people | 1.90 million people | 1.93 million people | 4 |
| 2010s | 1.86 million people | 1.83 million people | 1.89 million people | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
More environment data for Colombia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 217.59 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 4.11 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 58.86 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.9621 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 12.17 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0649 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 94.67 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0398 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.1875 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 22.38 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water services in Colombia?
- Drinking water services in Colombia was 1.83 million people in 2014, 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 Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.93 million people in 2006.
- What is the lowest drinking water services recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.83 million people in 2014.
- How does Colombia rank for drinking water services?
- Colombia ranks 17th out of 231 countries with data for 2014.
- Is drinking water services rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Colombia 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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Number of people using drinking water directly collected from surface waters.