Basic drinking water access in Eritrea
51.8% of people in Eritrea used at least basic drinking water services in 2016. The value for 2016 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
The latest value for Eritrea is for 2016. Most countries have figures for 2024.
Eritrea, 2016
51.8%
Change from 2015
+0.4percentage points
World, 2016
88.5%
Basic drinking water access in Eritrea over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Eritrea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 91.5% |
| 2023 | – | 91.2% |
| 2022 | – | 90.9% |
| 2021 | – | 90.4% |
| 2020 | – | 90.0% |
| 2019 | – | 89.6% |
| 2018 | – | 89.3% |
| 2017 | – | 88.9% |
| 2016 | 51.8% | 88.5% |
| 2015 | 51.5% | 88.1% |
| 2014 | 51.1% | 87.7% |
| 2013 | 50.7% | 87.3% |
| 2012 | 50.3% | 86.9% |
| 2011 | 50.2% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | 50.0% | 86.1% |
| 2009 | 49.8% | 85.7% |
| 2008 | 49.6% | 85.2% |
| 2007 | 49.2% | 84.8% |
| 2006 | 48.9% | 84.3% |
| 2005 | 48.5% | 83.9% |
| 2004 | 48.1% | 82.6% |
| 2003 | 47.8% | 82.1% |
| 2002 | 47.4% | 81.6% |
| 2001 | 47.1% | 80.9% |
| 2000 | 46.8% | 80.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 51.5% in 2015.
- Since 2006, when it was 48.9%, the figure has changed by +3.0 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2016 was 88.5%.