Basic drinking water access in Equatorial Guinea

64.7% of people in Equatorial Guinea used at least basic drinking water services in 2017. The value for 2017 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 2017 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Equatorial Guinea is for 2017. Most countries have figures for 2024.
Equatorial Guinea, 2017 64.7% % of population
Change from 2016 +0.2percentage points 2016: 64.4%
World, 2017 88.9% Official aggregate

Basic drinking water access in Equatorial Guinea 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 Equatorial GuineaWorld
2024 – 91.5%
2023 – 91.2%
2022 – 90.9%
2021 – 90.4%
2020 – 90.0%
2019 – 89.6%
2018 – 89.3%
2017 64.7% 88.9%
2016 64.4% 88.5%
2015 64.2% 88.1%
2014 63.9% 87.7%
2013 63.7% 87.3%
2012 62.9% 86.9%
2011 61.6% 86.5%
2010 60.4% 86.1%
2009 59.3% 85.7%
2008 58.2% 85.2%
2007 57.1% 84.8%
2006 56.1% 84.3%
2005 55.1% 83.9%
2004 54.2% 82.6%
2003 53.4% 82.1%
2002 52.5% 81.6%
2001 51.8% 80.9%
2000 51.1% 80.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 64.4% in 2016.
  • Since 2007, when it was 57.1%, the figure has changed by +7.5 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2017 was 88.9%.

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All statistics for Equatorial Guinea

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 2017 for Equatorial Guinea
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