Basic drinking water access in Oman

92.7% of people in Oman 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
Oman, 2024 92.7% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 92.6%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 135th of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in Oman 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 OmanWorld
2024 92.7% 91.5%
2023 92.6% 91.2%
2022 92.4% 90.9%
2021 92.3% 90.4%
2020 92.2% 90.0%
2019 91.9% 89.6%
2018 91.5% 89.3%
2017 91.1% 88.9%
2016 90.7% 88.5%
2015 90.2% 88.1%
2014 89.8% 87.7%
2013 89.3% 87.3%
2012 88.8% 86.9%
2011 88.3% 86.5%
2010 87.8% 86.1%
2009 87.5% 85.7%
2008 87.1% 85.2%
2007 86.8% 84.8%
2006 86.4% 84.3%
2005 86.1% 83.9%
2004 85.7% 82.6%
2003 85.6% 82.1%
2002 85.6% 81.6%
2001 85.6% 80.9%
2000 85.6% 80.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 92.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 89.8%, the figure has changed by +2.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, Oman has the 135th 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 Oman
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