Basic drinking water access in Guyana

95.6% of people in Guyana used at least basic drinking water services in 2024.

Measure: People using at least basic drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Guyana, 2024 95.6% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 95.6%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 118th of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in Guyana 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 Guyana
2024 95.6%
2023 95.6%
2022 95.6%
2021 95.3%
2020 95.1%
2019 94.8%
2018 94.5%
2017 94.2%
2016 93.9%
2015 93.6%
2014 93.3%
2013 93.0%
2012 92.7%
2011 92.4%
2010 92.1%
2009 91.8%
2008 91.5%
2007 91.2%
2006 91.0%
2005 90.7%
2004 90.4%
2003 90.1%
2002 89.9%
2001 89.6%
2000 89.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 95.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 93.3%, the figure has changed by +2.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, Guyana has the 118th 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 Guyana
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