Safely managed drinking water in Afghanistan
30.6% of people in Afghanistan used safely managed drinking water in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
Afghanistan, 2024
30.6%
Change from 2023
+0.6percentage points
World, 2024
73.7%
Position in 2024
125th of 148
Safely managed drinking water in Afghanistan over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Afghanistan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30.6% | 73.7% |
| 2023 | 29.9% | 72.0% |
| 2022 | 29.2% | 71.5% |
| 2021 | 28.4% | 71.0% |
| 2020 | 27.6% | 70.5% |
| 2019 | 26.7% | 69.9% |
| 2018 | 25.9% | 69.4% |
| 2017 | 25.1% | 68.8% |
| 2016 | 24.2% | 68.2% |
| 2015 | 23.4% | 67.7% |
| 2014 | 22.6% | 67.1% |
| 2013 | 21.7% | 66.5% |
| 2012 | 20.9% | 65.9% |
| 2011 | 20.1% | 65.3% |
| 2010 | 19.2% | 64.8% |
| 2009 | 18.4% | 64.3% |
| 2008 | 17.6% | 63.8% |
| 2007 | 16.7% | 63.4% |
| 2006 | 15.5% | 63.1% |
| 2005 | 14.7% | 62.8% |
| 2004 | 13.9% | 62.5% |
| 2003 | 13.1% | 62.1% |
| 2002 | 12.3% | 61.8% |
| 2001 | 11.5% | 61.5% |
| 2000 | 11.5% | 61.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 29.9% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 22.6%, the figure has changed by +8.0 percentage points.
- Among the 148 countries with data for 2024, Afghanistan has the 125th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 73.7%.