Safely managed drinking water in Guyana

67.2% of people in Guyana used safely managed drinking water in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using safely managed drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Guyana, 2024 67.2% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 67.2%
World, 2024 73.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 91st of 148 See the full ranking

Safely managed drinking water 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 safely managed drinking water services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period GuyanaWorld
2024 67.2% 73.7%
2023 67.2% 72.0%
2022 67.1% 71.5%
2021 66.9% 71.0%
2020 66.7% 70.5%
2019 66.5% 69.9%
2018 66.2% 69.4%
2017 66.0% 68.8%
2016 65.8% 68.2%
2015 65.6% 67.7%
2014 65.3% 67.1%
2013 65.1% 66.5%
2012 64.9% 65.9%
2011 64.7% 65.3%
2010 64.5% 64.8%
2009 64.3% 64.3%
2008 64.2% 63.8%
2007 64.0% 63.4%
2006 63.8% 63.1%
2005 63.6% 62.8%
2004 63.5% 62.5%
2003 63.3% 62.1%
2002 63.1% 61.8%
2001 62.9% 61.5%
2000 62.7% 61.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 67.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 65.3%, the figure has changed by +1.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 148 countries with data for 2024, Guyana has the 91st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 73.7%.

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.SMDW.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