Colombia
Capital: Bogota · Upper middle income · Pop. 52.9 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Colombia, 74.34% 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 13.6 million people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 18.69% use safely managed sanitation services and 96.58% have at least a basic service (2024).
Colombia has about 41,459 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 82% of Colombia's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Colombia have safe drinking water?
74.34% of Colombia's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 13.6 million people do not.
Does Colombia have enough freshwater?
Colombia has roughly 41,459 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 1% of it annually (low stress).