Mexico
Capital: Mexico City · Upper middle income · Pop. 130.9 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Mexico, 42.97% 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 74.6 million people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 62.75% use safely managed sanitation services and 92.99% have at least a basic service (2024).
Mexico has about 3,180 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 22% of those internal resources annually (low-medium water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 76% of Mexico's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Mexico have safe drinking water?
42.97% of Mexico's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 74.6 million people do not.
Does Mexico have enough freshwater?
Mexico has roughly 3,180 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 22% of it annually (low-medium stress).