Basic drinking water access in Jamaica

87.6% of people in Jamaica used at least basic drinking water services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest 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
Jamaica, 2024 87.6% % of population
Change from 2023 −0.3percentage points 2023: 87.9%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 152nd of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in Jamaica 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 JamaicaWorld
2024 87.6% 91.5%
2023 87.9% 91.2%
2022 88.2% 90.9%
2021 88.6% 90.4%
2020 88.9% 90.0%
2019 89.2% 89.6%
2018 89.6% 89.3%
2017 89.9% 88.9%
2016 90.2% 88.5%
2015 90.5% 88.1%
2014 90.8% 87.7%
2013 91.2% 87.3%
2012 91.5% 86.9%
2011 91.8% 86.5%
2010 92.1% 86.1%
2009 92.4% 85.7%
2008 92.7% 85.2%
2007 93.1% 84.8%
2006 93.4% 84.3%
2005 93.5% 83.9%
2004 93.5% 82.6%
2003 93.6% 82.1%
2002 93.4% 81.6%
2001 93.2% 80.9%
2000 93.0% 80.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 87.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 90.8%, the figure has changed by −3.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, Jamaica has the 152nd 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 Jamaica
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