Safely managed drinking water in Tunisia

65.0% of people in Tunisia used safely managed drinking water in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest 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
Tunisia, 2024 65.0% % of population
Change from 2023 −1.4percentage points 2023: 66.4%
World, 2024 73.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 95th of 148 See the full ranking

Safely managed drinking water in Tunisia 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 TunisiaWorld
2024 65.0% 73.7%
2023 66.4% 72.0%
2022 67.8% 71.5%
2021 69.1% 71.0%
2020 70.5% 70.5%
2019 71.9% 69.9%
2018 73.2% 69.4%
2017 74.5% 68.8%
2016 75.8% 68.2%
2015 77.1% 67.7%
2014 78.4% 67.1%
2013 79.5% 66.5%
2012 79.5% 65.9%
2011 79.5% 65.3%
2010 79.3% 64.8%
2009 79.1% 64.3%
2008 78.8% 63.8%
2007 78.6% 63.4%
2006 78.3% 63.1%
2005 78.1% 62.8%
2004 77.9% 62.5%
2003 77.6% 62.1%
2002 77.3% 61.8%
2001 77.0% 61.5%
2000 76.8% 61.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.4 percentage points from 66.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 78.4%, the figure has changed by −13.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 148 countries with data for 2024, Tunisia has the 95th 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 Tunisia
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