People using at least basic drinking water services in Djibouti
Djibouti: People using at least basic drinking water services was 79.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People using at least basic drinking water services in Djibouti, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
Djibouti recorded 79.7% for people using at least basic drinking water services in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using at least basic drinking water services in Djibouti peaked at 79.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 74.3%, in 2000.
Djibouti ranks 175th of 214 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 75.3% | 74.3% | 76.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.5% | 76.5% | 78.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 79.2% | 78.7% | 79.7% | 5 |
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More health data for Djibouti
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 11,337 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 66.3% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 387,956 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 66.1% (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 11,508 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 11,262 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 11,242 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 11,431 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 11,461 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 11,442 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using at least basic drinking water services in Djibouti?
- People using at least basic drinking water services in Djibouti was 79.7% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest people using at least basic drinking water services recorded in Djibouti?
- The highest recorded value was 79.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people using at least basic drinking water services recorded in Djibouti?
- The lowest recorded value was 74.3% in 2000.
- How does Djibouti rank for people using at least basic drinking water services?
- Djibouti ranks 175th out of 214 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using at least basic drinking water services rising or falling in Djibouti?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Djibouti data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.