Basic drinking water access in Chad

52.2% of people in Chad 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
Chad, 2024 52.2% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 52.1%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 198th of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in Chad 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 ChadWorld
2024 52.2% 91.5%
2023 52.1% 91.2%
2022 52.0% 90.9%
2021 51.9% 90.4%
2020 51.2% 90.0%
2019 50.5% 89.6%
2018 49.8% 89.3%
2017 49.1% 88.9%
2016 48.4% 88.5%
2015 47.8% 88.1%
2014 47.1% 87.7%
2013 46.5% 87.3%
2012 45.8% 86.9%
2011 45.2% 86.5%
2010 44.6% 86.1%
2009 44.0% 85.7%
2008 43.4% 85.2%
2007 42.8% 84.8%
2006 42.2% 84.3%
2005 41.6% 83.9%
2004 41.0% 82.6%
2003 40.4% 82.1%
2002 39.8% 81.6%
2001 39.2% 80.9%
2000 38.6% 80.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 52.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 47.1%, the figure has changed by +5.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, Chad has the 198th 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 Chad
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