Basic drinking water access in Middle East and North Africa
92.9% of people in Middle East and North Africa used at least basic drinking water services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
Middle East and North Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Middle East and North Africa, 2024
92.9%
Change from 2023
+0.2percentage points
World, 2024
91.5%
Basic drinking water access in Middle East and North Africa 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.
| Period | Middle East and North Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 92.9% | 91.5% |
| 2023 | 92.7% | 91.2% |
| 2022 | 92.4% | 90.9% |
| 2021 | 92.1% | 90.4% |
| 2020 | 91.8% | 90.0% |
| 2019 | 91.5% | 89.6% |
| 2018 | 91.1% | 89.3% |
| 2017 | 90.8% | 88.9% |
| 2016 | 90.4% | 88.5% |
| 2015 | 90.0% | 88.1% |
| 2014 | 89.7% | 87.7% |
| 2013 | 89.3% | 87.3% |
| 2012 | 89.0% | 86.9% |
| 2011 | 88.6% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | 88.3% | 86.1% |
| 2009 | 88.0% | 85.7% |
| 2008 | 87.6% | 85.2% |
| 2007 | 87.2% | 84.8% |
| 2006 | 86.8% | 84.3% |
| 2005 | 86.4% | 83.9% |
| 2004 | 86.2% | 82.6% |
| 2003 | 85.9% | 82.1% |
| 2002 | 85.6% | 81.6% |
| 2001 | 85.3% | 80.9% |
| 2000 | 85.0% | 80.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 92.7% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 89.7%, the figure has changed by +3.2 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.5%.