Basic drinking water access in Sub-Saharan Africa
67.5% of people in Sub-Saharan Africa used at least basic drinking water services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2024
67.5%
Change from 2023
+0.9percentage points
World, 2024
91.5%
Basic drinking water access in Sub-Saharan Africa over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 67.5% | 91.5% |
| 2023 | 66.7% | 91.2% |
| 2022 | 65.7% | 90.9% |
| 2021 | 64.8% | 90.4% |
| 2020 | 63.9% | 90.0% |
| 2019 | 63.0% | 89.6% |
| 2018 | 62.1% | 89.3% |
| 2017 | 61.1% | 88.9% |
| 2016 | 60.2% | 88.5% |
| 2015 | 59.2% | 88.1% |
| 2014 | 58.3% | 87.7% |
| 2013 | 57.3% | 87.3% |
| 2012 | 56.3% | 86.9% |
| 2011 | 55.3% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | 54.5% | 86.1% |
| 2009 | 53.5% | 85.7% |
| 2008 | 52.5% | 85.2% |
| 2007 | 51.5% | 84.8% |
| 2006 | 50.6% | 84.3% |
| 2005 | 49.6% | 83.9% |
| 2004 | 48.7% | 82.6% |
| 2003 | 47.8% | 82.1% |
| 2002 | 46.9% | 81.6% |
| 2001 | 46.0% | 80.9% |
| 2000 | 45.3% | 80.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.9 percentage points from 66.7% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 58.3%, the figure has changed by +9.3 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.5%.