Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Bolivia
Bolivia: Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita was 93.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita 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 %.
Analysis
In 2024, using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Bolivia stood at 93.5%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Bolivia peaked at 93.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 81.6%, in 2000.
That places Bolivia 179th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 84.1% | 81.6% | 86.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 89.3% | 87.1% | 91.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 92.7% | 91.8% | 93.5% | 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 using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Bolivia?
- Using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Bolivia was 93.5% 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 using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Bolivia?
- The highest recorded value was 93.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Bolivia?
- The lowest recorded value was 81.6% in 2000.
- How does Bolivia rank for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita?
- Bolivia ranks 179th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Bolivia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of people who use an improved drinking water source, regardless of collection time. An improved drinking water source is a safely designed drinking water source and includes e.g. piped water, boreholes or tubewells and packaged or delivered water.