Costa Rica - 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 Costa Rica was 99.65 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 99.65 in 2020, while its lowest value was 87.38 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 87.38
2001 88.10
2002 88.81
2003 89.53
2004 90.24
2005 90.96
2006 91.68
2007 92.39
2008 93.11
2009 93.82
2010 94.55
2011 95.28
2012 96.00
2013 96.73
2014 97.46
2015 98.19
2016 98.91
2017 99.61
2018 99.62
2019 99.63
2020 99.65

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 Costa Rica was 99.85 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 99.85 in 2020, while its lowest value was 99.13 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 99.13
2001 99.17
2002 99.21
2003 99.26
2004 99.30
2005 99.34
2006 99.38
2007 99.43
2008 99.47
2009 99.51
2010 99.52
2011 99.52
2012 99.58
2013 99.63
2014 99.68
2015 99.74
2016 99.79
2017 99.82
2018 99.83
2019 99.84
2020 99.85

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

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) in Costa Rica was 99.81 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 99.81 in 2020, while its lowest value was 94.32 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 94.32
2001 94.79
2002 95.24
2003 95.67
2004 96.07
2005 96.46
2006 96.83
2007 97.19
2008 97.52
2009 97.84
2010 98.11
2011 98.37
2012 98.65
2013 98.90
2014 99.15
2015 99.38
2016 99.60
2017 99.77
2018 99.78
2019 99.80
2020 99.81

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention