Safely managed drinking water in Sri Lanka

46.9% of people in Sri Lanka used safely managed drinking water in 2024.

Measure: People using safely managed drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Sri Lanka, 2024 46.9% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 46.8%
World, 2024 73.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 112th of 148 See the full ranking

Safely managed drinking water in Sri Lanka 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 Sri LankaWorld
2024 46.9% 73.7%
2023 46.8% 72.0%
2022 47.1% 71.5%
2021 47.4% 71.0%
2020 47.6% 70.5%
2019 47.9% 69.9%
2018 48.1% 69.4%
2017 48.0% 68.8%
2016 47.8% 68.2%
2015 47.6% 67.7%
2014 47.3% 67.1%
2013 47.2% 66.5%
2012 47.0% 65.9%
2011 46.8% 65.3%
2010 46.6% 64.8%
2009 46.4% 64.3%
2008 46.2% 63.8%
2007 46.1% 63.4%
2006 45.9% 63.1%
2005 45.7% 62.8%
2004 45.6% 62.5%
2003 45.5% 62.1%
2002 45.4% 61.8%
2001 45.3% 61.5%
2000 45.2% 61.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 46.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 47.3%, the figure has changed by −0.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 148 countries with data for 2024, Sri Lanka has the 112th 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 Sri Lanka
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