Basic drinking water access in Myanmar

85.7% of people in Myanmar 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
Myanmar, 2024 85.7% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 85.6%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 160th of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in Myanmar 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 MyanmarWorld
2024 85.7% 91.5%
2023 85.6% 91.2%
2022 85.6% 90.9%
2021 85.5% 90.4%
2020 83.7% 90.0%
2019 81.6% 89.6%
2018 79.6% 89.3%
2017 77.6% 88.9%
2016 75.6% 88.5%
2015 73.6% 88.1%
2014 71.6% 87.7%
2013 69.7% 87.3%
2012 67.8% 86.9%
2011 65.9% 86.5%
2010 64.1% 86.1%
2009 62.3% 85.7%
2008 60.5% 85.2%
2007 58.7% 84.8%
2006 57.0% 84.3%
2005 55.2% 83.9%
2004 53.5% 82.6%
2003 51.9% 82.1%
2002 50.2% 81.6%
2001 48.6% 80.9%
2000 47.0% 80.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 85.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 71.6%, the figure has changed by +14.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, Myanmar has the 160th 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 Myanmar
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