People not using improved drinking water sources in Venezuela
Venezuela: People not using improved drinking water sources was 1.76 million people in 2024. ▲ Rising
People not using improved drinking water sources in Venezuela, 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
Venezuela recorded 1.76 million people for people not using improved drinking water sources in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 21.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people not using improved drinking water sources in Venezuela peaked at 1.76 million people in 2024 and was at its lowest, 560,122 people, in 2000.
Venezuela ranks 41st of 231 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
People not using improved drinking water sources in Venezuela, year by year
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 560,122 people | — |
| 2001 | 614,933 people | +9.8% |
| 2002 | 671,422 people | +9.2% |
| 2003 | 729,572 people | +8.7% |
| 2004 | 789,082 people | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 850,086 people | +7.7% |
| 2006 | 912,471 people | +7.3% |
| 2007 | 975,917 people | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 1.04 million people | +6.6% |
| 2009 | 1.10 million people | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 1.17 million people | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 1.24 million people | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 1.31 million people | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 1.38 million people | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 1.44 million people | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 1.51 million people | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 1.58 million people | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 1.62 million people | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 1.64 million people | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 1.64 million people | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1.66 million people | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 1.70 million people | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 1.75 million people | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 1.75 million people | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 1.76 million people | +0.4% |
Venezuela compared with similar countries
- Venezuela's 1.76 million people is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 912,712 people, 1.9× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Venezuela's 1.76 million people is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4,163 people, 423.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 824,872 people | 560,122 people | 1.10 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.45 million people | 1.17 million people | 1.64 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.73 million people | 1.66 million people | 1.76 million people | 5 |
Countries ranked near Venezuela
More environment data for Venezuela
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.42 Percentage change (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.21 % 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 0.5848 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per unit of 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people not using improved drinking water sources in Venezuela?
- People not using improved drinking water sources in Venezuela was 1.76 million 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 Venezuela?
- The highest recorded value was 1.76 million people in 2024.
- What is the lowest people not using improved drinking water sources recorded in Venezuela?
- The lowest recorded value was 560,122 people in 2000.
- How does Venezuela rank for people not using improved drinking water sources?
- Venezuela ranks 41st out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people not using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Venezuela?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Venezuela 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 25 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
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.