Basic drinking water access in Cuba

95.1% of people in Cuba 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
Cuba, 2024 95.1% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 95.0%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 124th of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in Cuba 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), 2015 to 2024
Period Cuba
2024 95.1%
2023 95.0%
2022 94.9%
2021 94.8%
2020 94.3%
2019 94.1%
2018 94.0%
2017 93.9%
2016 93.8%
2015 93.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 95.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 93.6%, the figure has changed by +1.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, Cuba has the 124th 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 Cuba
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