Albania - 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 Albania was 94.09 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 94.09 in 2020, while its lowest value was 80.42 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 80.42
2001 81.09
2002 81.77
2003 82.44
2004 83.12
2005 83.79
2006 84.47
2007 85.15
2008 85.83
2009 86.51
2010 87.19
2011 87.88
2012 88.56
2013 89.25
2014 89.94
2015 90.63
2016 91.32
2017 92.01
2018 92.70
2019 93.40
2020 94.09

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 Albania was 95.66 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 95.66 in 2020, while its lowest value was 94.78 in 2001.

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 95.59
2001 94.78
2002 94.83
2003 94.88
2004 94.93
2005 94.98
2006 95.03
2007 95.08
2008 95.12
2009 95.17
2010 95.22
2011 95.26
2012 95.31
2013 95.36
2014 95.40
2015 95.45
2016 95.49
2017 95.53
2018 95.58
2019 95.62
2020 95.66

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

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) in Albania was 95.07 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 95.07 in 2020, while its lowest value was 86.75 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 86.75
2001 86.90
2002 87.45
2003 87.99
2004 88.51
2005 89.02
2006 89.52
2007 90.00
2008 90.48
2009 90.93
2010 91.38
2011 91.81
2012 92.23
2013 92.63
2014 93.02
2015 93.39
2016 93.75
2017 94.10
2018 94.44
2019 94.76
2020 95.07

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention