Basic drinking water access in Guinea-Bissau

61.8% of people in Guinea-Bissau 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
Guinea-Bissau, 2024 61.8% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 61.7%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 192nd of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in Guinea-Bissau 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 Guinea-BissauWorld
2024 61.8% 91.5%
2023 61.7% 91.2%
2022 61.6% 90.9%
2021 61.6% 90.4%
2020 61.4% 90.0%
2019 61.2% 89.6%
2018 61.1% 89.3%
2017 60.9% 88.9%
2016 60.6% 88.5%
2015 60.4% 88.1%
2014 60.2% 87.7%
2013 59.9% 87.3%
2012 59.6% 86.9%
2011 59.4% 86.5%
2010 59.1% 86.1%
2009 58.7% 85.7%
2008 58.4% 85.2%
2007 58.1% 84.8%
2006 57.7% 84.3%
2005 57.3% 83.9%
2004 56.9% 82.6%
2003 56.5% 82.1%
2002 56.1% 81.6%
2001 55.6% 80.9%
2000 55.2% 80.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 61.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 60.2%, the figure has changed by +1.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, Guinea-Bissau has the 192nd highest value.
  • 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 Guinea-Bissau
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