Basic drinking water access in East Asia and Pacific

95.3% of people in East Asia and Pacific 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
East Asia and Pacific is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
East Asia and Pacific, 2024 95.3% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 95.2%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate

Basic drinking water access in East Asia and Pacific 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 East Asia and PacificWorld
2024 95.3% 91.5%
2023 95.2% 91.2%
2022 94.8% 90.9%
2021 94.2% 90.4%
2020 93.7% 90.0%
2019 93.3% 89.6%
2018 92.8% 89.3%
2017 92.4% 88.9%
2016 91.9% 88.5%
2015 91.4% 88.1%
2014 90.9% 87.7%
2013 90.4% 87.3%
2012 89.8% 86.9%
2011 89.3% 86.5%
2010 88.7% 86.1%
2009 88.1% 85.7%
2008 87.4% 85.2%
2007 86.7% 84.8%
2006 86.0% 84.3%
2005 85.3% 83.9%
2004 84.6% 82.6%
2003 83.8% 82.1%
2002 83.0% 81.6%
2001 81.9% 80.9%
2000 81.4% 80.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 95.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 90.9%, the figure has changed by +4.4 percentage points.
  • 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 East Asia and Pacific
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