Safely managed drinking water in Senegal

27.2% of people in Senegal 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
Senegal, 2024 27.2% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.3percentage points 2023: 26.9%
World, 2024 73.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 131st of 148 See the full ranking

Safely managed drinking water in Senegal 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 SenegalWorld
2024 27.2% 73.7%
2023 26.9% 72.0%
2022 26.6% 71.5%
2021 26.3% 71.0%
2020 26.0% 70.5%
2019 25.6% 69.9%
2018 25.3% 69.4%
2017 25.0% 68.8%
2016 24.7% 68.2%
2015 24.4% 67.7%
2014 24.1% 67.1%
2013 23.8% 66.5%
2012 23.5% 65.9%
2011 23.2% 65.3%
2010 22.9% 64.8%
2009 22.6% 64.3%
2008 22.3% 63.8%
2007 22.0% 63.4%
2006 21.7% 63.1%
2005 21.4% 62.8%
2004 21.1% 62.5%
2003 20.8% 62.1%
2002 20.5% 61.8%
2001 20.3% 61.5%
2000 20.0% 61.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 26.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 24.1%, the figure has changed by +3.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 148 countries with data for 2024, Senegal has the 131st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 73.7%.

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 Senegal
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