Basic drinking water access in Albania

95.1% of people in Albania used at least basic drinking water services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using at least basic drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Albania, 2024 95.1% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 95.1%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 125th of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in Albania over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period AlbaniaWorld
2024 95.1% 91.5%
2023 95.1% 91.2%
2022 95.1% 90.9%
2021 95.1% 90.4%
2020 95.1% 90.0%
2019 94.8% 89.6%
2018 94.4% 89.3%
2017 94.1% 88.9%
2016 93.8% 88.5%
2015 93.4% 88.1%
2014 93.0% 87.7%
2013 92.6% 87.3%
2012 92.2% 86.9%
2011 91.8% 86.5%
2010 91.4% 86.1%
2009 90.9% 85.7%
2008 90.5% 85.2%
2007 90.0% 84.8%
2006 89.5% 84.3%
2005 89.0% 83.9%
2004 88.5% 82.6%
2003 88.0% 82.1%
2002 87.5% 81.6%
2001 86.9% 80.9%
2000 86.4% 80.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 95.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 93.0%, the figure has changed by +2.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, Albania has the 125th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.5%.

Source and dates

Original producer
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.H2O.BASW.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Albania
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene