Basic drinking water access in Central African Republic

36.5% of people in Central African Republic used at least basic drinking water services in 2024.

Measure: People using at least basic drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Central African Republic, 2024 36.5% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 36.4%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 201st of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in Central African Republic 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 Central African RepublicWorld
2024 36.5% 91.5%
2023 36.4% 91.2%
2022 36.3% 90.9%
2021 36.2% 90.4%
2020 37.2% 90.0%
2019 38.2% 89.6%
2018 39.2% 89.3%
2017 40.2% 88.9%
2016 41.3% 88.5%
2015 42.3% 88.1%
2014 43.4% 87.7%
2013 44.4% 87.3%
2012 45.5% 86.9%
2011 46.5% 86.5%
2010 47.6% 86.1%
2009 48.7% 85.7%
2008 49.8% 85.2%
2007 50.9% 84.8%
2006 52.0% 84.3%
2005 53.2% 83.9%
2004 54.3% 82.6%
2003 55.5% 82.1%
2002 56.7% 81.6%
2001 57.8% 80.9%
2000 59.0% 80.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 36.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 43.4%, the figure has changed by −6.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, Central African Republic has the 201st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.5%.

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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 Central African Republic
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