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Access to clean water — Jamaica

Access to clean water in Jamaica in 2024 — 87.6%. Ranked 152 in the world out of 202. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 5.5 pp.

2024 87.6% −0.3 pp vs 2023
World rank 152of 202
Period maximum 93.6%2003
Period minimum 87.6%2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to clean water — Jamaica, 2000–202486889092942000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 93%2001: 93.2%2002: 93.4%2003: 93.6%2004: 93.5%2005: 93.5%2006: 93.4%2007: 93.1%2008: 92.7%2009: 92.4%2010: 92.1%2011: 91.8%2012: 91.5%2013: 91.2%2014: 90.8%2015: 90.5%2016: 90.2%2017: 89.9%2018: 89.6%2019: 89.2%2020: 88.9%2021: 88.6%2022: 88.2%2023: 87.9%2024: 87.6%
Change over the period: −5.5 pp Annual average: -0.23 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Jamaica 87.6%
World 91.5%
Latin America & Caribbean 97.6%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 95.8%
Access to clean water — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 87.6 −0.3 pp
2023 87.9 −0.3 pp
2022 88.2 −0.3 pp
2021 88.6 −0.3 pp
2020 88.9 −0.3 pp
2019 89.2 −0.3 pp
2018 89.6 −0.3 pp
2017 89.9 −0.3 pp
2016 90.2 −0.3 pp
2015 90.5 −0.3 pp
2014 90.8 −0.3 pp
2013 91.2 −0.3 pp
2012 91.5 −0.3 pp
2011 91.8 −0.3 pp
2010 92.1 −0.3 pp
2009 92.4 −0.3 pp
2008 92.7 −0.3 pp
2007 93.1 −0.3 pp
2006 93.4 −0.1 pp
2005 93.5 −0 pp
2004 93.5 −0 pp
2003 93.6 +0.2 pp
2002 93.4 +0.2 pp
2001 93.2 +0.2 pp
2000 93 —

Caribbean, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CW Curaçao 100 PR Puerto Rico 100 MF Saint Martin 99.9 VG British Virgin Islands 99.9 VI United States Virgin Islands 99.5 TT Trinidad and Tobago 99.3 BB Barbados 99.2 AG Antigua and Barbuda 98.9 TC Turks and Caicos Islands 98.8 LC Saint Lucia 98.1 DO Dominican Republic 97.5 DM Dominica 97 KY Cayman Islands 95.5 CU Cuba 95.1 JM Jamaica 87.6 HT Haiti 73.3
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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.

Other indicators for Jamaica

Nutrition Access to basic sanitation

The share of the population with access to improved sanitation and hygiene conditions.

Jamaica by year Mortality Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation

How many deaths per 100,000 people are linked to dirty water and to the absence of sanitation and hygiene.

Jamaica by year Environment Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources

How much water is withdrawn relative to the internal resources available.

Jamaica by year
All indicators for Jamaica