People not using safely managed drinking water sources in Guatemala
Guatemala: People not using safely managed drinking water sources was 9.43 million people in 2024. ▲ Rising
People not using safely managed drinking water sources in Guatemala, 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 safely managed drinking water sources in Guatemala is 9.43 million people, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 19.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people not using safely managed drinking water sources in Guatemala peaked at 9.43 million people in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.87 million people, in 2000.
Guatemala ranks 35th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.50 million people | 5.87 million people | 7.15 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.00 million people | 7.30 million people | 8.69 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.12 million people | 8.83 million people | 9.43 million people | 5 |
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More environment data for Guatemala
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 43.47 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 2.36 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 7.48 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 2.72 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.25 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0037 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 18.19 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0646 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0524 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 7.62 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people not using safely managed drinking water sources in Guatemala?
- People not using safely managed drinking water sources in Guatemala was 9.43 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 safely managed drinking water sources recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 9.43 million people in 2024.
- What is the lowest people not using safely managed drinking water sources recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.87 million people in 2000.
- How does Guatemala rank for people not using safely managed drinking water sources?
- Guatemala ranks 35th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people not using safely managed drinking water sources rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guatemala 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 safely managed drinking water sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
People not using safely managed drinking water sources either use unimproved drinking water sources or the improved sources they use are not located on their premises, not available when needed, or not free of contamination.