Basic drinking water access in Laos

95.9% of people in Laos 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
Laos, 2024 95.9% % of population
Change from 2023 +3.2percentage points 2023: 92.6%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 114th of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in Laos 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), 2005 to 2024
Period Laos
2024 95.9%
2023 92.6%
2022 89.1%
2021 87.5%
2020 85.9%
2019 83.9%
2018 82.2%
2017 80.6%
2016 78.9%
2015 77.1%
2014 75.4%
2013 73.7%
2012 71.9%
2011 70.1%
2010 68.3%
2009 66.5%
2008 64.7%
2007 62.8%
2006 60.9%
2005 59.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +3.2 percentage points from 92.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 75.4%, the figure has changed by +20.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, Laos has the 114th 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 Laos
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