Drinking water services in rural areas in Chile
Chile: Drinking water services in rural areas was 98,492 people in 2024. ▼ Falling
Drinking water services in rural areas in Chile, 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
Chile recorded 98,492 people for drinking water services in rural areas in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 12.4% on the previous year and down 55.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water services in rural areas in Chile peaked at 377,250 people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 98,492 people, in 2024.
Chile ranks 60th of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 323,440 people | 275,564 people | 377,250 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 214,821 people | 165,007 people | 264,838 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 126,030 people | 98,492 people | 152,877 people | 5 |
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More environment data for Chile
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 118.12 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 5.98 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 6.65 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.9074 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.05 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0882 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 23.3 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.1813 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0652 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 14.34 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water services in rural areas in Chile?
- Drinking water services in rural areas in Chile was 98,492 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 Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 377,250 people in 2000.
- What is the lowest drinking water services in rural areas recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 98,492 people in 2024.
- How does Chile rank for drinking water services in rural areas?
- Chile ranks 60th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water services in rural areas rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 55.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Chile 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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About this data
Number of people using drinking water directly collected from surface waters.