People not using improved drinking water sources in Belize
Belize: People not using improved drinking water sources was 16,495 people in 2024. ▼ Falling
People not using improved drinking water sources in Belize, 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 not using improved drinking water sources in Belize is 16,495 people, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and down 20.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people not using improved drinking water sources in Belize peaked at 23,003 people in 2004 and was at its lowest, 16,329 people, in 2023.
Belize ranks 116th of 231 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.
People not using improved drinking water sources in Belize, year by year
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 22,788 people | — |
| 2001 | 22,886 people | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 22,951 people | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 22,991 people | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 23,003 people | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 22,987 people | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 22,940 people | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 22,858 people | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 22,738 people | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 22,577 people | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 22,332 people | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 22,006 people | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 21,645 people | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 21,251 people | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 20,820 people | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 20,355 people | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 19,898 people | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 19,400 people | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 18,778 people | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 18,047 people | -3.9% |
| 2020 | 17,252 people | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 16,561 people | -4.0% |
| 2022 | 16,435 people | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 16,329 people | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 16,495 people | +1.0% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 16,495 people is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 61,603 people, 27% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Belize's 16,495 people is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4,163 people, 4.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 22,872 people | 22,577 people | 23,003 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,453 people | 18,047 people | 22,332 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,614 people | 16,329 people | 17,252 people | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belize
More environment data for Belize
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.66 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.87 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.287 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.0489 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people not using improved drinking water sources in Belize?
- People not using improved drinking water sources in Belize was 16,495 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 not using improved drinking water sources recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 23,003 people in 2004.
- What is the lowest people not using improved drinking water sources recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,329 people in 2023.
- How does Belize rank for people not using improved drinking water sources?
- Belize ranks 116th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people not using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belize 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 not using improved drinking water sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of people not using improved drinking water sources. These people might use surface water sources or unprotected springs or wells, as no safe and reliable improved drinking water source is available to them.