Basic drinking water access in Argentina

99.0% of people in Argentina used at least basic drinking water services in 2016. The value for 2016 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 2016 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Argentina is for 2016. Most countries have figures for 2024.
Argentina, 2016 99.0% % of population
Change from 2015 +0.1percentage points 2015: 99.0%
World, 2016 88.5% Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2016 98.9% Middle value of 19 countries

Basic drinking water access in Argentina 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 ArgentinaWorld
2024 – 91.5%
2023 – 91.2%
2022 – 90.9%
2021 – 90.4%
2020 – 90.0%
2019 – 89.6%
2018 – 89.3%
2017 – 88.9%
2016 99.0% 88.5%
2015 99.0% 88.1%
2014 98.9% 87.7%
2013 98.9% 87.3%
2012 98.8% 86.9%
2011 98.6% 86.5%
2010 98.4% 86.1%
2009 98.2% 85.7%
2008 98.0% 85.2%
2007 97.8% 84.8%
2006 97.6% 84.3%
2005 97.4% 83.9%
2004 97.2% 82.6%
2003 97.0% 82.1%
2002 96.8% 81.6%
2001 96.5% 80.9%
2000 96.3% 80.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 99.0% in 2015.
  • Since 2006, when it was 97.6%, the figure has changed by +1.4 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2016 was 88.5%.

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 2016 for Argentina
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