Brazil - Access to basic drinking water services

People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of rural population)

People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of rural population) in Brazil was 95.95 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 95.95 in 2020, while its lowest value was 73.31 in 2000.

Definition: The percentage of people using at least basic water services. This indicator encompasses both people using basic water services as well as those using safely managed water services. Basic drinking water services is defined as drinking water from an improved source, provided collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a round trip. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).

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Year Value
2000 73.31
2001 74.34
2002 75.37
2003 76.40
2004 77.43
2005 78.46
2006 79.49
2007 80.52
2008 81.55
2009 82.58
2010 83.61
2011 84.64
2012 85.67
2013 86.70
2014 87.73
2015 88.76
2016 89.16
2017 90.82
2018 91.85
2019 93.12
2020 95.95

People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of urban population)

People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of urban population) in Brazil was 99.82 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 99.82 in 2020, while its lowest value was 98.14 in 2000.

Definition: The percentage of people using at least basic water services. This indicator encompasses both people using basic water services as well as those using safely managed water services. Basic drinking water services is defined as drinking water from an improved source, provided collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a round trip. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).

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Year Value
2000 98.14
2001 98.22
2002 98.30
2003 98.37
2004 98.45
2005 98.53
2006 98.61
2007 98.68
2008 98.76
2009 98.84
2010 98.92
2011 98.99
2012 99.07
2013 99.15
2014 99.23
2015 99.30
2016 99.38
2017 99.66
2018 99.74
2019 99.82
2020 99.82

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population)

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) in Brazil was 99.32 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 99.32 in 2020, while its lowest value was 93.47 in 2000.

Definition: The percentage of people using at least basic water services. This indicator encompasses both people using basic water services as well as those using safely managed water services. Basic drinking water services is defined as drinking water from an improved source, provided collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a round trip. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).

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Year Value
2000 93.47
2001 93.81
2002 94.14
2003 94.46
2004 94.78
2005 95.08
2006 95.38
2007 95.68
2008 95.96
2009 96.24
2010 96.52
2011 96.79
2012 97.05
2013 97.31
2014 97.56
2015 97.80
2016 97.96
2017 98.45
2018 98.68
2019 98.94
2020 99.32

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention