Basic drinking water access in Cameroon

71.4% of people in Cameroon 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
Cameroon, 2024 71.4% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.7percentage points 2023: 70.7%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 180th of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in Cameroon 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 Cameroon
2024 71.4%
2023 70.7%
2022 70.3%
2021 69.8%
2020 69.3%
2019 68.8%
2018 68.3%
2017 67.7%
2016 67.2%
2015 66.6%
2014 66.0%
2013 65.4%
2012 64.8%
2011 64.1%
2010 63.5%
2009 62.8%
2008 62.1%
2007 61.4%
2006 60.6%
2005 59.9%
2004 59.1%
2003 58.3%
2002 57.5%
2001 56.7%
2000 55.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from 70.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 66.0%, the figure has changed by +5.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, Cameroon has the 180th 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 Cameroon
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