Basic drinking water access in South Sudan

39.7% of people in South Sudan used at least basic drinking water services in 2024.

Measure: People using at least basic drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2011 to 2024 Source: World Bank
South Sudan, 2024 39.7% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 39.6%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 200th of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in South Sudan 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), 2000 to 2024
Period South SudanWorld
2024 39.7% 91.5%
2023 39.6% 91.2%
2022 39.5% 90.9%
2021 39.7% 90.4%
2020 39.8% 90.0%
2019 39.9% 89.6%
2018 40.0% 89.3%
2017 40.1% 88.9%
2016 40.2% 88.5%
2015 40.3% 88.1%
2014 40.3% 87.7%
2013 40.3% 87.3%
2012 40.3% 86.9%
2011 40.3% 86.5%
2010 – 86.1%
2009 – 85.7%
2008 – 85.2%
2007 – 84.8%
2006 – 84.3%
2005 – 83.9%
2004 – 82.6%
2003 – 82.1%
2002 – 81.6%
2001 – 80.9%
2000 – 80.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 39.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 40.3%, the figure has changed by −0.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, South Sudan has the 200th 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
2011 to 2024 for South Sudan
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