Liberia - Access to basic drinking water services

People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of rural population)

People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of rural population) in Liberia was 64.10 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 64.10 in 2020, while its lowest value was 49.14 in 2000.

Definition: The percentage of people using at least basic water services. This indicator encompasses both people using basic water services as well as those using safely managed water services. Basic drinking water services is defined as drinking water from an improved source, provided collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a round trip. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).

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Year Value
2000 49.14
2001 50.18
2002 51.21
2003 52.24
2004 53.28
2005 54.31
2006 55.06
2007 55.79
2008 56.51
2009 57.22
2010 57.92
2011 58.61
2012 59.29
2013 59.96
2014 60.62
2015 61.26
2016 61.90
2017 62.52
2018 63.14
2019 64.10
2020 64.10

People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of urban population)

People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of urban population) in Liberia was 85.53 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 85.53 in 2020, while its lowest value was 77.39 in 2000.

Definition: The percentage of people using at least basic water services. This indicator encompasses both people using basic water services as well as those using safely managed water services. Basic drinking water services is defined as drinking water from an improved source, provided collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a round trip. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).

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Year Value
2000 77.39
2001 78.00
2002 78.61
2003 79.22
2004 79.83
2005 80.44
2006 80.81
2007 81.18
2008 81.54
2009 81.89
2010 82.25
2011 82.60
2012 82.94
2013 83.28
2014 83.62
2015 83.96
2016 84.29
2017 84.62
2018 84.94
2019 85.53
2020 85.53

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population)

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) in Liberia was 75.26 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 75.26 in 2020, while its lowest value was 61.66 in 2000.

Definition: The percentage of people using at least basic water services. This indicator encompasses both people using basic water services as well as those using safely managed water services. Basic drinking water services is defined as drinking water from an improved source, provided collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a round trip. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).

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Year Value
2000 61.66
2001 62.61
2002 63.55
2003 64.48
2004 65.42
2005 66.35
2006 67.01
2007 67.66
2008 68.30
2009 68.93
2010 69.55
2011 70.17
2012 70.78
2013 71.39
2014 71.98
2015 72.57
2016 73.15
2017 73.72
2018 74.29
2019 75.16
2020 75.26

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention