Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Brazil
Brazil: Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita was 100.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Brazil, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 100.0% for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Brazil peaked at 100.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 94.1%, in 2000.
That places Brazil 1st out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 95.5% | 94.1% | 96.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.1% | 97.1% | 99.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.7% | 99.3% | 100.0% | 5 |
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More environment data for Brazil
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 1,299 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 6.13 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 471.81 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 4.06 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 33.69 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 2.37 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 621.19 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.3941 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.7906 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 107.92 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Brazil?
- Using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Brazil was 100.0% 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 Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 94.1% in 2000.
- How does Brazil rank for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita?
- Brazil ranks 1st out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil 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.