Share of population not using improved drinking water sources in Chile
Chile: Share of population not using improved drinking water sources was 0.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of population 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 %.
Analysis
Chile recorded 0.9% for share of population 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 9.1% on the previous year and down 53.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of population not using improved drinking water sources in Chile peaked at 3.7% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2024.
That places Chile 123rd out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.1% | 2.5% | 3.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chile
More environment data for Chile
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 118.12 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 5.98 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 6.65 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.9074 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.05 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0882 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 23.3 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.1813 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0652 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 14.34 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of population not using improved drinking water sources in Chile?
- Share of population not using improved drinking water sources in Chile was 0.9% 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 share of population not using improved drinking water sources recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 3.7% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of population not using improved drinking water sources recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2024.
- How does Chile rank for share of population not using improved drinking water sources?
- Chile ranks 123rd out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of population not using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 53.5%. 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 Share of population not using improved drinking water sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion 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.