Brazil
Capital: Brasilia · Upper middle income · Pop. 212.0 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Brazil, 88.62% of the population uses safely managed drinking water — an improved source, located on premises, available when needed, and free from contamination (2024 estimate). That leaves roughly 24.1 million people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 54.96% use safely managed sanitation services and 92.4% have at least a basic service (2024).
Brazil has about 26,918 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 1% of those internal resources annually (low water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 61% of Brazil's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Brazil have safe drinking water?
88.62% of Brazil's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 24.1 million people do not.
Does Brazil have enough freshwater?
Brazil has roughly 26,918 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 1% of it annually (low stress).