Basic drinking water access in Rwanda

61.4% of people in Rwanda 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
Rwanda, 2024 61.4% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.6percentage points 2023: 60.8%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 193rd of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in Rwanda 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 Rwanda
2024 61.4%
2023 60.8%
2022 60.2%
2021 59.6%
2020 59.1%
2019 58.5%
2018 57.9%
2017 57.3%
2016 56.8%
2015 56.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 60.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 55.7%, the figure has changed by +5.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, Rwanda has the 193rd 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 Rwanda
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