Basic drinking water access in World
91.5% of people in the world used at least basic drinking water services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2024
91.5%
Change from 2023
+0.2percentage points
European Union, 2024
99.1%
Basic drinking water access in World 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 | World |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 91.5% |
| 2023 | 91.2% |
| 2022 | 90.9% |
| 2021 | 90.4% |
| 2020 | 90.0% |
| 2019 | 89.6% |
| 2018 | 89.3% |
| 2017 | 88.9% |
| 2016 | 88.5% |
| 2015 | 88.1% |
| 2014 | 87.7% |
| 2013 | 87.3% |
| 2012 | 86.9% |
| 2011 | 86.5% |
| 2010 | 86.1% |
| 2009 | 85.7% |
| 2008 | 85.2% |
| 2007 | 84.8% |
| 2006 | 84.3% |
| 2005 | 83.9% |
| 2004 | 82.6% |
| 2003 | 82.1% |
| 2002 | 81.6% |
| 2001 | 80.9% |
| 2000 | 80.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 91.2% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 87.7%, the figure has changed by +3.7 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 99.1%.