People using at least basic drinking water services in Kuwait
Kuwait: People using at least basic drinking water services was 100.0% in 2024. ▬ Flat
People using at least basic drinking water services in Kuwait, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
In 2024, people using at least basic drinking water services in Kuwait stood at 100.0%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using at least basic drinking water services in Kuwait peaked at 100.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 100.0%, in 2000.
Kuwait ranks 1st of 214 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 5 |
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More health data for Kuwait
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 32,233 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 27,018 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 29,717 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 28,223 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 31,138 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 29,291 (2025)
- Population, female 38.9% (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 30,197 (2025)
- Population, male 2.97 million (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 1.39 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using at least basic drinking water services in Kuwait?
- People using at least basic drinking water services in Kuwait was 100.0% 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 Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest people using at least basic drinking water services recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 100.0% in 2000.
- How does Kuwait rank for people using at least basic drinking water services?
- Kuwait ranks 1st out of 214 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using at least basic drinking water services rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Kuwait 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.