Safely managed drinking water in Philippines

48.5% of people in Philippines used safely managed drinking water in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using safely managed drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Philippines, 2024 48.5% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.2percentage points 2023: 48.2%
World, 2024 73.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 108th of 148 See the full ranking

Safely managed drinking water 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 safely managed drinking water services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period PhilippinesWorld
2024 48.5% 73.7%
2023 48.2% 72.0%
2022 48.0% 71.5%
2021 47.8% 71.0%
2020 47.5% 70.5%
2019 47.3% 69.9%
2018 47.1% 69.4%
2017 46.9% 68.8%
2016 46.7% 68.2%
2015 46.5% 67.7%
2014 46.3% 67.1%
2013 46.1% 66.5%
2012 45.8% 65.9%
2011 45.6% 65.3%
2010 45.4% 64.8%
2009 45.3% 64.3%
2008 45.1% 63.8%
2007 45.0% 63.4%
2006 44.9% 63.1%
2005 44.8% 62.8%
2004 44.6% 62.5%
2003 44.1% 62.1%
2002 42.9% 61.8%
2001 41.8% 61.5%
2000 41.7% 61.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 48.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 46.3%, the figure has changed by +2.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 148 countries with data for 2024, Philippines has the 108th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 73.7%.

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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.SMDW.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