Lower middle income - 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 Lower middle income was 84.33 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 84.33 in 2020, while its lowest value was 70.54 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 70.54
2001 71.26
2002 71.96
2003 72.66
2004 73.37
2005 74.08
2006 74.78
2007 75.48
2008 76.18
2009 76.86
2010 77.55
2011 78.23
2012 78.92
2013 79.61
2014 80.31
2015 80.99
2016 81.68
2017 82.36
2018 83.04
2019 83.70
2020 84.33

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 Lower middle income was 94.25 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 94.25 in 2020, while its lowest value was 90.80 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 90.80
2001 90.94
2002 91.10
2003 91.26
2004 91.40
2005 91.50
2006 91.64
2007 91.79
2008 91.94
2009 92.09
2010 92.26
2011 92.43
2012 92.60
2013 92.78
2014 92.97
2015 93.19
2016 93.41
2017 93.63
2018 93.85
2019 94.06
2020 94.25

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

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) in Lower middle income was 88.54 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 88.54 in 2020, while its lowest value was 77.37 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 77.37
2001 77.96
2002 78.55
2003 79.14
2004 79.73
2005 80.29
2006 80.87
2007 81.43
2008 82.00
2009 82.55
2010 83.11
2011 83.66
2012 84.21
2013 84.76
2014 85.32
2015 85.88
2016 86.43
2017 86.98
2018 87.52
2019 88.05
2020 88.54

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention