Access to clean water — all countries

Access to clean water — Lower-middle-income countries

Access to clean water in lower-middle-income countries in 2024 — 91.6%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 14.4 pp.

2024 91.6% +0.5 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 91.6%2024
Period minimum 77.2%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to clean water — Lower-middle-income countries, 2000–202475808590952000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 77.2%2001: 77.8%2002: 78.4%2003: 79%2004: 79.6%2005: 80.2%2006: 80.8%2007: 81.4%2008: 82%2009: 82.6%2010: 83.2%2011: 83.8%2012: 84.4%2013: 85%2014: 85.7%2015: 86.3%2016: 86.9%2017: 87.5%2018: 88.1%2019: 88.8%2020: 89.4%2021: 90%2022: 90.6%2023: 91.1%2024: 91.6%
Change over the period: +14.4 pp Annual average: 0.6 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries

Lower-middle-income countries 91.6%
World 91.5%
Access to clean water — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 91.6 +0.5 pp
2023 91.1 +0.6 pp
2022 90.6 +0.6 pp
2021 90 +0.6 pp
2020 89.4 +0.6 pp
2019 88.8 +0.6 pp
2018 88.1 +0.6 pp
2017 87.5 +0.6 pp
2016 86.9 +0.6 pp
2015 86.3 +0.6 pp
2014 85.7 +0.6 pp
2013 85 +0.6 pp
2012 84.4 +0.6 pp
2011 83.8 +0.6 pp
2010 83.2 +0.6 pp
2009 82.6 +0.6 pp
2008 82 +0.6 pp
2007 81.4 +0.6 pp
2006 80.8 +0.6 pp
2005 80.2 +0.6 pp
2004 79.6 +0.6 pp
2003 79 +0.6 pp
2002 78.4 +0.6 pp
2001 77.8 +0.5 pp
2000 77.2

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.