Basic drinking water access in Angola

68.0% of people in Angola 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
Angola, 2024 68.0% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.7percentage points 2023: 67.2%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 183rd of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in Angola 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 AngolaWorld
2024 68.0% 91.5%
2023 67.2% 91.2%
2022 66.5% 90.9%
2021 65.7% 90.4%
2020 64.9% 90.0%
2019 64.2% 89.6%
2018 63.4% 89.3%
2017 61.8% 88.9%
2016 60.2% 88.5%
2015 58.6% 88.1%
2014 57.1% 87.7%
2013 55.5% 87.3%
2012 54.0% 86.9%
2011 52.4% 86.5%
2010 50.9% 86.1%
2009 49.4% 85.7%
2008 47.9% 85.2%
2007 46.5% 84.8%
2006 45.0% 84.3%
2005 43.6% 83.9%
2004 42.0% 82.6%
2003 40.4% 82.1%
2002 38.8% 81.6%
2001 38.3% 80.9%
2000 37.8% 80.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from 67.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 57.1%, the figure has changed by +10.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, Angola has the 183rd 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 Angola
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