Basic drinking water access in Namibia

86.5% of people in Namibia 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
Namibia, 2024 86.5% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.4percentage points 2023: 86.1%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 157th of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in Namibia 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 Namibia
2024 86.5%
2023 86.1%
2022 85.8%
2021 85.4%
2020 85.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 86.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 82.6%, the figure has changed by +4.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, Namibia has the 157th 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 Namibia
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