People using at least basic drinking water services in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: People using at least basic drinking water services was 64.7% in 2017. ▲ Rising
People using at least basic drinking water services in Equatorial Guinea, 2000–2017
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
In 2017, people using at least basic drinking water services in Equatorial Guinea stood at 64.7%. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using at least basic drinking water services in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 64.7% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 51.1%, in 2000.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 200th of 214 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 54.9% | 51.1% | 59.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 63.2% | 60.4% | 64.7% | 8 |
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More health data for Equatorial Guinea
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 18,920 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 20,652 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 20,948 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 19,983 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 20,266 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 362,847 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 19,303 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 19,578 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 18,635 (2025)
- Age population, age 21, female, interpolated 15,708 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using at least basic drinking water services in Equatorial Guinea?
- People using at least basic drinking water services in Equatorial Guinea was 64.7% in 2017, 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 Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 64.7% in 2017.
- What is the lowest people using at least basic drinking water services recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.1% in 2000.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for people using at least basic drinking water services?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 200th out of 214 countries with data for 2017.
- Is people using at least basic drinking water services rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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.