Brazil

Safe drinking water in Brazil

Safe drinking water in Brazil: 76% in 2000 and 87.3% in 2022, by WHO/UNICEF estimates.

Latest, 2022
87.3%
Since 2000
+11.2 percentage points
Rank, 2022
63 of 135
counting from the highest
World, 2022
72.9%

% of people · WHO/UNICEF

Safe drinking water in BrazilSafe drinking water in Brazil: 76% in 2000 and 87.3% in 2022, by WHO/UNICEF estimates. In 2022, Brazil ranked 63 of 135 countries, counting from the highest.
Estimates, WHO/UNICEFWorld

Every year

% of people · WHO/UNICEF

YearBrazilWorld
202287.372.9
202186.672.5
202085.972.3
201985.271.7
201884.471
201783.670.4
201682.769.7
20158269.1
201481.268.4
201380.467.7
201279.667.1
201179.366.4
201079.165.9
200978.865.4
200878.664.9
200778.364.6
200678.164
200577.863.7
200477.563
200377.362.4
20027761.8
200176.661.1
20007660.8

Good to know

  • The share of people whose drinking water comes from an improved source at home, there when needed and free of contamination.
  • Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme, via Our World in Data.
  • Ranks count the 135 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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