Basic drinking water access in Guinea

74.2% of people in Guinea 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, 2024 74.2% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.8percentage points 2023: 73.4%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 175th of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in 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 Guinea
2024 74.2%
2023 73.4%
2022 72.1%
2021 70.7%
2020 69.4%
2019 68.2%
2018 66.9%
2017 65.6%
2016 64.4%
2015 63.2%
2014 61.9%
2013 60.7%
2012 59.5%
2011 58.4%
2010 57.2%
2009 56.4%
2008 55.7%
2007 55.0%
2006 54.2%
2005 53.5%
2004 52.7%
2003 52.0%
2002 51.3%
2001 50.5%
2000 49.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.8 percentage points from 73.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 61.9%, the figure has changed by +12.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, Guinea has the 175th 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 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