People using improved drinking water sources in Mexico
Mexico: People using improved drinking water sources was 600,171 people in 2024. ▼ Falling
People using improved drinking water sources in Mexico, 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
The most recent figure for people using improved drinking water sources in Mexico is 600,171 people, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 21.7% on the previous year and down 77.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using improved drinking water sources in Mexico peaked at 4.71 million people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 600,171 people, in 2024.
Mexico ranks 57th of 231 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
People using improved drinking water sources in Mexico, year by year
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.71 million people | — |
| 2001 | 4.48 million people | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 4.23 million people | -5.4% |
| 2003 | 4.12 million people | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 4.00 million people | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 3.88 million people | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 3.75 million people | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 3.62 million people | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 3.49 million people | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 3.36 million people | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 3.22 million people | -4.1% |
| 2011 | 3.08 million people | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 2.93 million people | -4.9% |
| 2013 | 2.77 million people | -5.3% |
| 2014 | 2.61 million people | -5.9% |
| 2015 | 2.44 million people | -6.5% |
| 2016 | 2.26 million people | -7.2% |
| 2017 | 2.08 million people | -7.9% |
| 2018 | 1.90 million people | -8.7% |
| 2019 | 1.72 million people | -9.8% |
| 2020 | 1.52 million people | -11.4% |
| 2021 | 1.26 million people | -16.8% |
| 2022 | 933,990 people | -26.2% |
| 2023 | 766,088 people | -18.0% |
| 2024 | 600,171 people | -21.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.97 million people | 3.36 million people | 4.71 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.50 million people | 1.72 million people | 3.22 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.02 million people | 600,171 people | 1.52 million people | 5 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.6189 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.234 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.62 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, annual growth rate 12.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, per capita 0.0145 m3 per person (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import value, annual growth rate 12.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using improved drinking water sources in Mexico?
- People using improved drinking water sources in Mexico was 600,171 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 people using improved drinking water sources recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 4.71 million people in 2000.
- What is the lowest people using improved drinking water sources recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 600,171 people in 2024.
- How does Mexico rank for people using improved drinking water sources?
- Mexico ranks 57th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 77.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mexico 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 People using improved drinking water sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of people using only unimproved drinking water sources.