People using at least basic drinking water services, rural in World
World: People using at least basic drinking water services, rural was 84.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural in World, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of rural population.
Analysis
The most recent figure for people using at least basic drinking water services, rural in World is 84.5%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using at least basic drinking water services, rural in World peaked at 84.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 68.8%, in 2000.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 71.8% | 68.8% | 75.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 78.4% | 75.7% | 81.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.3% | 81.9% | 84.5% | 5 |
More health data for World
- Population ages 15-64, total 5.36 billion (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 2.64 billion (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 380.05 million (2025)
- Population, female 49.7% (2025)
- Population, male 4.13 billion (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 474.56 million (2025)
- Population, male 50.3% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 2.72 billion (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 11.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 64.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using at least basic drinking water services, rural in World?
- People using at least basic drinking water services, rural in World was 84.5% 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, rural recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 84.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people using at least basic drinking water services, rural recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 68.8% in 2000.
- Is people using at least basic drinking water services, rural rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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, rural (% of rural 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.