Ireland - 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 Ireland was 98.13 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 98.13 in 2020, while its lowest value was 97.43 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 97.43
2001 97.47
2002 97.51
2003 97.54
2004 97.58
2005 97.62
2006 97.66
2007 97.70
2008 97.74
2009 97.78
2010 97.82
2011 97.86
2012 97.90
2013 97.94
2014 97.98
2015 98.02
2016 98.06
2017 98.10
2018 98.13
2019 98.13
2020 98.13

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 Ireland was 96.98 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 97.02 in 2000, while its lowest value was 96.98 in 2018.

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 97.02
2001 97.01
2002 97.01
2003 97.01
2004 97.01
2005 97.01
2006 97.00
2007 97.00
2008 97.00
2009 97.00
2010 97.00
2011 96.99
2012 96.99
2013 96.99
2014 96.99
2015 96.99
2016 96.98
2017 96.98
2018 96.98
2019 96.98
2020 96.98

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

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) in Ireland was 97.40 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 97.41 in 2018, while its lowest value was 97.18 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).

See also:

Year Value
2000 97.18
2001 97.20
2002 97.21
2003 97.22
2004 97.24
2005 97.25
2006 97.26
2007 97.28
2008 97.29
2009 97.30
2010 97.31
2011 97.33
2012 97.34
2013 97.35
2014 97.36
2015 97.37
2016 97.38
2017 97.39
2018 97.41
2019 97.40
2020 97.40

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention