Access to clean water — all countries

Access to clean water — Gambia

Access to clean water in the Gambia in 2024 — 87.1%. Ranked 156 in the world out of 202. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 15.4 pp.

2024 87.1% +0.4 pp vs 2023
World rank 156of 202
Period maximum 87.1%2024
Period minimum 71.8%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to clean water — Gambia, 2000–202470758085902000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 71.8%2001: 72.5%2002: 73.2%2003: 73.9%2004: 74.6%2005: 75.2%2006: 75.9%2007: 76.6%2008: 77.3%2009: 77.9%2010: 78.6%2011: 79.3%2012: 79.9%2013: 80.6%2014: 81.2%2015: 81.9%2016: 82.5%2017: 83.2%2018: 83.8%2019: 84.4%2020: 85.1%2021: 85.7%2022: 86.3%2023: 86.7%2024: 87.1%
Change over the period: +15.4 pp Annual average: 0.64 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Gambia

Gambia 87.1%
World 91.5%
Western Africa computed 78.1%
Low-income countries computed 60.6%
Access to clean water — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 87.1 +0.4 pp
2023 86.7 +0.4 pp
2022 86.3 +0.6 pp
2021 85.7 +0.6 pp
2020 85.1 +0.6 pp
2019 84.4 +0.6 pp
2018 83.8 +0.6 pp
2017 83.2 +0.6 pp
2016 82.5 +0.6 pp
2015 81.9 +0.6 pp
2014 81.2 +0.7 pp
2013 80.6 +0.7 pp
2012 79.9 +0.7 pp
2011 79.3 +0.7 pp
2010 78.6 +0.7 pp
2009 77.9 +0.7 pp
2008 77.3 +0.7 pp
2007 76.6 +0.7 pp
2006 75.9 +0.7 pp
2005 75.2 +0.7 pp
2004 74.6 +0.7 pp
2003 73.9 +0.7 pp
2002 73.2 +0.7 pp
2001 72.5 +0.7 pp
2000 71.8

About the indicator

The share of the population using improved sources of drinking water — piped supply, protected wells and springs located no further than 30 minutes away round trip. An improved source does not guarantee that the water is safe, but it is the minimum threshold below which the risk of intestinal infections rises sharply.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.