Basic drinking water access in Libya

96.4% of people in Libya used at least basic drinking water services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2008.

Measure: People using at least basic drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2008 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Libya, 2024 96.4% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.3percentage points 2023: 96.1%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 110th of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in Libya 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), 2020 to 2024
Period Libya
2024 96.4%
2023 96.1%
2022 95.8%
2021 95.5%
2020 95.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 96.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 93.6%, the figure has changed by +2.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, Libya has the 110th 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
2008 to 2024 for Libya
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