Safely managed drinking water in South Asia
77.6% of people in South Asia used safely managed drinking water in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
South Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
South Asia, 2024
77.6%
Change from 2023
+1.6percentage points
World, 2024
73.7%
Safely managed drinking water in South Asia 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.
| Period | South Asia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 77.6% | 73.7% |
| 2023 | 75.9% | 72.0% |
| 2022 | 74.3% | 71.5% |
| 2021 | 72.7% | 71.0% |
| 2020 | 71.1% | 70.5% |
| 2019 | 69.5% | 69.9% |
| 2018 | 67.9% | 69.4% |
| 2017 | 66.3% | 68.8% |
| 2016 | 64.7% | 68.2% |
| 2015 | 63.1% | 67.7% |
| 2014 | 61.5% | 67.1% |
| 2013 | 60.0% | 66.5% |
| 2012 | 58.4% | 65.9% |
| 2011 | 56.9% | 65.3% |
| 2010 | 55.3% | 64.8% |
| 2009 | 53.8% | 64.3% |
| 2008 | 52.3% | 63.8% |
| 2007 | 50.8% | 63.4% |
| 2006 | 49.3% | 63.1% |
| 2005 | 47.8% | 62.8% |
| 2004 | 46.4% | 62.5% |
| 2003 | 45.0% | 62.1% |
| 2002 | 43.7% | 61.8% |
| 2001 | 42.3% | 61.5% |
| 2000 | 41.0% | 61.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.6 percentage points from 75.9% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 61.5%, the figure has changed by +16.0 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 73.7%.