Safely managed drinking water in Nepal
16.5% of people in Nepal used safely managed drinking water in 2024.
Nepal, 2024
16.5%
Change from 2023
+0.1percentage points
World, 2024
73.7%
Position in 2024
141st of 148
Safely managed drinking water in Nepal over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Nepal | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16.5% | 73.7% |
| 2023 | 16.3% | 72.0% |
| 2022 | 16.2% | 71.5% |
| 2021 | 16.1% | 71.0% |
| 2020 | 17.7% | 70.5% |
| 2019 | 19.3% | 69.9% |
| 2018 | 20.9% | 69.4% |
| 2017 | 22.4% | 68.8% |
| 2016 | 24.0% | 68.2% |
| 2015 | 25.5% | 67.7% |
| 2014 | 26.9% | 67.1% |
| 2013 | 28.4% | 66.5% |
| 2012 | 29.8% | 65.9% |
| 2011 | 29.6% | 65.3% |
| 2010 | 29.3% | 64.8% |
| 2009 | 29.1% | 64.3% |
| 2008 | 28.8% | 63.8% |
| 2007 | 28.6% | 63.4% |
| 2006 | 28.4% | 63.1% |
| 2005 | 28.1% | 62.8% |
| 2004 | 27.8% | 62.5% |
| 2003 | 27.6% | 62.1% |
| 2002 | 27.3% | 61.8% |
| 2001 | 27.1% | 61.5% |
| 2000 | 26.8% | 61.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 16.3% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 26.9%, the figure has changed by −10.5 percentage points.
- Among the 148 countries with data for 2024, Nepal has the 141st highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 73.7%.