People not using improved drinking water sources in Chile
Chile: People not using improved drinking water sources was 180,633 people in 2024. ▼ Falling
People not using improved drinking water sources 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 180,633 people for people not using improved drinking water sources in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 9.0% on the previous year and down 48.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people not using improved drinking water sources in Chile peaked at 562,006 people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 180,633 people, in 2024.
Chile ranks 86th 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 Chile, year by year
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 562,006 people | — |
| 2001 | 542,215 people | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 523,767 people | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 510,662 people | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 497,055 people | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 483,207 people | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 469,137 people | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 454,891 people | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 440,501 people | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 426,031 people | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 411,289 people | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 396,228 people | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 380,908 people | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 365,337 people | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 349,697 people | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 333,902 people | -4.5% |
| 2016 | 318,275 people | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 303,379 people | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 288,655 people | -4.9% |
| 2019 | 273,366 people | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 256,425 people | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 238,202 people | -7.1% |
| 2022 | 218,792 people | -8.1% |
| 2023 | 198,451 people | -9.3% |
| 2024 | 180,633 people | -9.0% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 180,633 people is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0026 people, 70503858.3× the median. (85 countries reporting)
- Chile's 180,633 people is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4,163 people, 43.4× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 490,947 people | 426,031 people | 562,006 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 342,104 people | 273,366 people | 411,289 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 218,501 people | 180,633 people | 256,425 people | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chile
More environment data for Chile
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.67 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.3357 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.266 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.82 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.1 % 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 0.202 % 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 Chile?
- People not using improved drinking water sources in Chile was 180,633 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 Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 562,006 people in 2000.
- What is the lowest people not using improved drinking water sources recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 180,633 people in 2024.
- How does Chile rank for people not using improved drinking water sources?
- Chile ranks 86th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people not using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.3%. 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 People not using improved drinking water sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.