Basic drinking water access in Mongolia

86.1% of people in Mongolia 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
Mongolia, 2024 86.1% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.8percentage points 2023: 85.3%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 159th of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in Mongolia 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 Mongolia
2024 86.1%
2023 85.3%
2022 84.5%
2021 83.8%
2020 83.0%
2019 82.2%
2018 81.5%
2017 80.7%
2016 80.0%
2015 79.3%
2014 78.5%
2013 77.8%
2012 77.0%
2011 76.3%
2010 75.4%
2009 74.2%
2008 73.0%
2007 71.8%
2006 70.5%
2005 69.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.8 percentage points from 85.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 78.5%, the figure has changed by +7.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, Mongolia has the 159th 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 Mongolia
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