People using safely managed drinking water services in Mongolia
Mongolia: People using safely managed drinking water services was 43.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People using safely managed drinking water services in Mongolia, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
Mongolia recorded 43.4% for people using safely managed drinking water services in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 31.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using safely managed drinking water services in Mongolia peaked at 43.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 17.7%, in 2000.
That places Mongolia 118th out of 151 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 22.7% | 17.7% | 27.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 33.5% | 29.1% | 38.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.2% | 39.0% | 43.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
More health data for Mongolia
- Age population, age 20, female, interpolated 22,554 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 41,061 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, female, interpolated 40,186 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 42,922 (2025)
- Age population, age 20, male, interpolated 24,241 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 24,082 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 26,011 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 27,878 (2025)
- Age population, age 21, female, interpolated 21,449 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 25,858 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using safely managed drinking water services in Mongolia?
- People using safely managed drinking water services in Mongolia was 43.4% 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 Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 43.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people using safely managed drinking water services recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.7% in 2000.
- How does Mongolia rank for people using safely managed drinking water services?
- Mongolia ranks 118th out of 151 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using safely managed drinking water services rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.
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 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.