Basic drinking water access in Uganda

63.0% of people in Uganda used at least basic drinking water services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using at least basic drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Uganda, 2024 63.0% % of population
Change from 2023 +1.7percentage points 2023: 61.3%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 191st of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in Uganda 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 at least basic drinking water services (% of population), 2005 to 2024
Period Uganda
2024 63.0%
2023 61.3%
2022 59.6%
2021 57.9%
2020 56.3%
2019 54.6%
2018 53.0%
2017 51.3%
2016 49.7%
2015 48.1%
2014 46.5%
2013 44.9%
2012 43.4%
2011 41.8%
2010 40.3%
2009 38.8%
2008 37.3%
2007 35.8%
2006 34.4%
2005 33.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.7 percentage points from 61.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 46.5%, the figure has changed by +16.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, Uganda has the 191st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.5%.

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.BASW.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Uganda
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