Basic drinking water access in Lebanon

92.6% of people in Lebanon 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
Lebanon, 2024 92.6% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 92.6%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 136th of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in Lebanon 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 LebanonWorld
2024 92.6% 91.5%
2023 92.6% 91.2%
2022 92.6% 90.9%
2021 92.6% 90.4%
2020 92.6% 90.0%
2019 92.6% 89.6%
2018 92.5% 89.3%
2017 92.1% 88.9%
2016 91.6% 88.5%
2015 91.2% 88.1%
2014 90.7% 87.7%
2013 90.3% 87.3%
2012 89.8% 86.9%
2011 89.4% 86.5%
2010 88.9% 86.1%
2009 88.4% 85.7%
2008 88.0% 85.2%
2007 87.5% 84.8%
2006 87.1% 84.3%
2005 86.6% 83.9%
2004 86.1% 82.6%
2003 85.7% 82.1%
2002 85.2% 81.6%
2001 84.8% 80.9%
2000 84.3% 80.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 90.7%, the figure has changed by +1.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, Lebanon has the 136th 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 Lebanon
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