People using at least basic drinking water services in Latvia
Latvia: People using at least basic drinking water services was 98.8% in 2024. ▬ Flat
People using at least basic drinking water services in Latvia, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
Latvia recorded 98.8% 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 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using at least basic drinking water services in Latvia peaked at 98.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 98.0%, in 2001.
That places Latvia 88th out of 214 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 98.1% | 98.0% | 98.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.4% | 98.3% | 98.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.7% | 98.6% | 98.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
More health data for Latvia
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 9,075 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 10,158 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above 22.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 1.16 million (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 66.7% (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 9,567 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 9,764 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 10,035 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 10,538 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 9,372 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using at least basic drinking water services in Latvia?
- People using at least basic drinking water services in Latvia was 98.8% 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 Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 98.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people using at least basic drinking water services recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 98.0% in 2001.
- How does Latvia rank for people using at least basic drinking water services?
- Latvia ranks 88th out of 214 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using at least basic drinking water services rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Latvia 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 25 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.