Safely managed drinking water in Central African Republic

6.2% of people in Central African Republic used safely managed drinking water in 2024.

Measure: People using safely managed drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Central African Republic, 2024 6.2% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 6.2%
World, 2024 73.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 148th of 148 See the full ranking

Safely managed drinking water 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 safely managed drinking water services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period Central African RepublicWorld
2024 6.2% 73.7%
2023 6.2% 72.0%
2022 6.1% 71.5%
2021 6.1% 71.0%
2020 6.2% 70.5%
2019 6.3% 69.9%
2018 6.4% 69.4%
2017 6.5% 68.8%
2016 6.6% 68.2%
2015 6.7% 67.7%
2014 6.8% 67.1%
2013 6.9% 66.5%
2012 7.0% 65.9%
2011 7.1% 65.3%
2010 7.3% 64.8%
2009 7.4% 64.3%
2008 7.5% 63.8%
2007 7.6% 63.4%
2006 7.7% 63.1%
2005 7.9% 62.8%
2004 8.0% 62.5%
2003 8.1% 62.1%
2002 8.3% 61.8%
2001 8.4% 61.5%
2000 8.5% 61.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 6.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 6.8%, the figure has changed by −0.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 148 countries with data for 2024, Central African Republic has the 148th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 73.7%.

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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.SMDW.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