Basic drinking water access in Philippines

95.9% of people in Philippines 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
Philippines, 2024 95.9% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.4percentage points 2023: 95.5%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 115th of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in Philippines 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), 2015 to 2024
Period Philippines
2024 95.9%
2023 95.5%
2022 95.1%
2021 94.7%
2020 94.3%
2019 93.9%
2018 93.5%
2017 93.1%
2016 92.7%
2015 92.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 95.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 91.9%, the figure has changed by +4.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, Philippines has the 115th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.5%.

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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 Philippines
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