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Compare Basic Water Access across 18 selected countries in the Americas using World Bank data for 2024. Values are measured in % of population.
Data year: 2024 Source: World Bank Last refreshed:
The latest sufficiently complete World Bank data for the selected countries is from 2024. Retrieval date and data year are different; no newer values are inferred.
Key findings
- Brazil has the highest observed value at 100%.
- El Salvador has the lowest observed value at 91.6%.
- The median across 18 reporting countries is 97.3%.
- The difference between the highest and lowest values is 8.4 percentage points.
Comparison across selected countries in the Americas. Values in % of population. Bar lengths start at zero; the table below provides the same observations.
Complete selected-country ranking
| Rank | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 100% |
| 2 | United States | 100% |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 99.8% |
| 4 | Uruguay | 99.6% |
| 5 | Paraguay | 99.6% |
| 6 | Mexico | 99.5% |
| 7 | Chile | 99.1% |
| 8 | Canada | 98.3% |
| 9 | Dominican Republic | 97.5% |
| 10 | Colombia | 97.1% |
| 11 | Honduras | 95.7% |
| 12 | Peru | 95.6% |
| 13 | Panama | 95.3% |
| 14 | Cuba | 95.1% |
| 15 | Bolivia | 93.4% |
| 16 | Guatemala | 93.2% |
| 17 | Ecuador | 92.1% |
| 18 | El Salvador | 91.6% |
What the data shows
The unweighted country mean is 96.8%, compared with a median of 97.3%. Each reporting country has equal weight; this is not a population-weighted or regional aggregate. The gap between the two highest observed values is 0 percentage points. These comparisons describe the observations and do not establish causes.
Methodology
- Provider
- World Bank
- Dataset
- People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population)
- Indicator ID
- SH.H2O.BASW.ZS
- Data year
- 2024
- Units
- % of population
- Coverage
- 18 of 20 selected countries in the Americas.
Source: World Bank: People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) (2024)
Rankings use the cited source values without imputation or interpolation. Display rounding does not affect rank.
Technical details
- Coverage threshold
- Minimum 18 reporting countries.
- Countries included
- Brazil, United States, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Paraguay, Mexico, Chile, Canada, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Honduras, Peru, Panama, Cuba, Bolivia, Guatemala, Ecuador, El Salvador
- Countries excluded (missing observations; ISO3 codes)
- ARG, NIC
- Ranking direction
- descending
- Sorting
- Exact source values; equal values share competition rank. Ties display by ascending country ID, then record ID.
- Statistics
- Unweighted arithmetic mean, median, and highest minus lowest. Derived decimals use half-up rounding; source values remain exact.
Why a newer year was not selected
- 2026: 0 available observations; 18 required.
- 2025: 0 available observations; 18 required.
Caveats
This is a selected-country comparison, not a global ranking. Missing countries may affect the distribution. A higher value does not necessarily imply a better outcome. Source observations may be revised.
At least basic service is not the same as safely managed drinking water; national averages can hide geographic inequalities.