People using safely managed drinking water services in Ghana
Ghana: People using safely managed drinking water services was 42.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People using safely managed drinking water services in Ghana, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
The most recent figure for people using safely managed drinking water services in Ghana is 42.9%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.4% on the previous year and up 45.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using safely managed drinking water services in Ghana peaked at 42.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14.4%, in 2000.
Ghana ranks 120th of 151 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 | 18.5% | 14.4% | 23.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.3% | 24.6% | 36.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 40.2% | 37.4% | 42.9% | 5 |
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- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 399,260 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 400,043 (2025)
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- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 413,565 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 359,671 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using safely managed drinking water services in Ghana?
- People using safely managed drinking water services in Ghana was 42.9% 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 safely managed drinking water services recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 42.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people using safely managed drinking water services recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.4% in 2000.
- How does Ghana rank for people using safely managed drinking water services?
- Ghana ranks 120th out of 151 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using safely managed drinking water services rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana 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 safely managed 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 drinking water from an improved source that is accessible on premises, available when needed and free from fecal and priority chemical contamination. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water.