El Salvador - 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 El Salvador was 93.45 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 93.45 in 2020, while its lowest value was 56.47 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 56.47
2001 56.47
2002 58.50
2003 60.56
2004 62.66
2005 64.79
2006 66.96
2007 69.16
2008 71.39
2009 73.66
2010 75.96
2011 78.29
2012 80.66
2013 83.06
2014 85.49
2015 87.96
2016 90.46
2017 91.97
2018 92.59
2019 93.03
2020 93.45

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 El Salvador was 99.57 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 99.57 in 2020, while its lowest value was 93.40 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 93.40
2001 93.40
2002 93.79
2003 94.17
2004 94.56
2005 94.95
2006 95.34
2007 95.72
2008 96.11
2009 96.51
2010 96.90
2011 97.29
2012 97.68
2013 98.08
2014 98.47
2015 98.87
2016 99.14
2017 99.33
2018 99.53
2019 99.56
2020 99.57

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

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) in El Salvador was 97.95 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 97.95 in 2020, while its lowest value was 78.23 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 78.23
2001 78.43
2002 79.68
2003 80.92
2004 82.15
2005 83.38
2006 84.60
2007 85.83
2008 87.13
2009 88.41
2010 89.66
2011 90.89
2012 92.10
2013 93.28
2014 94.43
2015 95.56
2016 96.58
2017 97.22
2018 97.59
2019 97.78
2020 97.95

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention