Safely managed drinking water in Tanzania

31.3% of people in Tanzania used safely managed drinking water in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using safely managed drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Tanzania, 2024 31.3% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.7percentage points 2023: 30.6%
World, 2024 73.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 123rd of 148 See the full ranking

Safely managed drinking water in Tanzania 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 TanzaniaWorld
2024 31.3% 73.7%
2023 30.6% 72.0%
2022 30.0% 71.5%
2021 29.3% 71.0%
2020 28.6% 70.5%
2019 27.2% 69.9%
2018 25.6% 69.4%
2017 24.0% 68.8%
2016 22.5% 68.2%
2015 21.0% 67.7%
2014 19.6% 67.1%
2013 17.3% 66.5%
2012 15.1% 65.9%
2011 13.0% 65.3%
2010 11.0% 64.8%
2009 9.1% 64.3%
2008 7.3% 63.8%
2007 5.6% 63.4%
2006 4.0% 63.1%
2005 2.9% 62.8%
2004 2.1% 62.5%
2003 1.4% 62.1%
2002 1.4% 61.8%
2001 1.3% 61.5%
2000 1.3% 61.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from 30.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 19.6%, the figure has changed by +11.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 148 countries with data for 2024, Tanzania has the 123rd 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 Tanzania
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