Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America and the Caribbean: Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services was 98 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Latin America and the Caribbean stood at 98 %. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Latin America and the Caribbean peaked at 98 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 91 %, in 2000.
Latin America and the Caribbean ranks 6th of 28 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Latin America and the Caribbean, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 91 % | — |
| 2001 | 91 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 92 % | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 92 % | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 92 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 93 % | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 93 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 93 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 94 % | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 94 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 94 % | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 94 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 95 % | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 95 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 95 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 96 % | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 96 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 96 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 96 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 96 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 97 % | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 97 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 97 % | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 97 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 98 % | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 92.5 % | 91 % | 94 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 95.3 % | 94 % | 96 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 97.2 % | 97 % | 98 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latin America and the Caribbean
More environment data for Latin America and the Caribbean
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.99 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.27 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.204 °C (2025)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 440,935 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Area 158,363 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 25.3 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 15.48 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 28,612 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Latin America and the Caribbean was 98 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 98 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 91 % in 2000.
- How does Latin America and the Caribbean rank for percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services?
- Latin America and the Caribbean ranks 6th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services rising or falling in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America and the Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services (percent) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.