Safely managed drinking water in Sub-Saharan Africa
32.4% of people in Sub-Saharan Africa used safely managed drinking water 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
32.4%
Change from 2023
+0.5percentage points
World, 2024
73.7%
Safely managed drinking water in Sub-Saharan Africa 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 | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32.4% | 73.7% |
| 2023 | 31.9% | 72.0% |
| 2022 | 31.4% | 71.5% |
| 2021 | 30.9% | 71.0% |
| 2020 | 30.4% | 70.5% |
| 2019 | 29.7% | 69.9% |
| 2018 | 28.8% | 69.4% |
| 2017 | 28.0% | 68.8% |
| 2016 | 27.2% | 68.2% |
| 2015 | 26.4% | 67.7% |
| 2014 | 25.6% | 67.1% |
| 2013 | 24.8% | 66.5% |
| 2012 | 24.1% | 65.9% |
| 2011 | 23.4% | 65.3% |
| 2010 | 22.9% | 64.8% |
| 2009 | 22.3% | 64.3% |
| 2008 | 21.6% | 63.8% |
| 2007 | 21.0% | 63.4% |
| 2006 | 20.5% | 63.1% |
| 2005 | 19.9% | 62.8% |
| 2004 | 19.4% | 62.5% |
| 2003 | 18.9% | 62.1% |
| 2002 | 18.5% | 61.8% |
| 2001 | 18.1% | 61.5% |
| 2000 | 17.9% | 61.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 31.9% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 25.6%, the figure has changed by +6.8 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 73.7%.