Basic drinking water access in Gambia

87.1% of people in Gambia 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
Gambia, 2024 87.1% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.4percentage points 2023: 86.7%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 156th of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in Gambia 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 GambiaWorld
2024 87.1% 91.5%
2023 86.7% 91.2%
2022 86.3% 90.9%
2021 85.7% 90.4%
2020 85.1% 90.0%
2019 84.4% 89.6%
2018 83.8% 89.3%
2017 83.2% 88.9%
2016 82.5% 88.5%
2015 81.9% 88.1%
2014 81.2% 87.7%
2013 80.6% 87.3%
2012 79.9% 86.9%
2011 79.3% 86.5%
2010 78.6% 86.1%
2009 77.9% 85.7%
2008 77.3% 85.2%
2007 76.6% 84.8%
2006 75.9% 84.3%
2005 75.2% 83.9%
2004 74.6% 82.6%
2003 73.9% 82.1%
2002 73.2% 81.6%
2001 72.5% 80.9%
2000 71.8% 80.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 86.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 81.2%, the figure has changed by +5.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, Gambia has the 156th 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 Gambia
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