Drinking water services in rural areas in Bolivia
Bolivia: Drinking water services in rural areas was 548,454 people in 2024. ▼ Falling
Drinking water services in rural areas 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
Bolivia recorded 548,454 people for drinking water services in rural areas in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.1% on the previous year and down 29.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water services in rural areas in Bolivia peaked at 1.05 million people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 548,454 people, in 2024.
That places Bolivia 36th out of 178 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 | 967,522 people | 880,230 people | 1.05 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 765,288 people | 669,002 people | 859,603 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 596,211 people | 548,454 people | 645,206 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 rural areas in Bolivia?
- Drinking water services in rural areas in Bolivia was 548,454 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 in rural areas recorded in Bolivia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 million people in 2000.
- What is the lowest drinking water services in rural areas recorded in Bolivia?
- The lowest recorded value was 548,454 people in 2024.
- How does Bolivia rank for drinking water services in rural areas?
- Bolivia ranks 36th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water services in rural areas rising or falling in Bolivia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.4%. 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 in rural areas. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of people using drinking water directly collected from surface waters.