Access to clean water — all countries

Access to clean water — Middle Africa

Access to clean water in Middle Africa in 2024 — 49.1%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 6.5 pp.

2024 49.1% +0.4 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 49.1%2024
Period minimum 42.6%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to clean water — Middle Africa, 2000–202442444648502000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 42.6%2001: 42.8%2002: 43%2003: 43.4%2004: 43.8%2005: 44.2%2006: 44.5%2007: 44.9%2008: 45.3%2009: 45.6%2010: 46%2011: 46.4%2012: 46.8%2013: 47.1%2014: 47.5%2015: 47.8%2016: 48.1%2017: 48.5%2018: 48.6%2019: 48.8%2020: 48.9%2021: 49.1%2022: 48.4%2023: 48.7%2024: 49.1%
Change over the period: +6.5 pp Annual average: 0.27 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Middle Africa 49.1%
World 91.5%
Access to clean water — Middle Africa, by year Middle Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 49.1 +0.4 pp
2023 48.7 +0.3 pp
2022 48.4 −0.7 pp
2021 49.1 +0.1 pp
2020 48.9 +0.1 pp
2019 48.8 +0.2 pp
2018 48.6 +0.2 pp
2017 48.5 +0.3 pp
2016 48.1 +0.3 pp
2015 47.8 +0.4 pp
2014 47.5 +0.4 pp
2013 47.1 +0.4 pp
2012 46.8 +0.4 pp
2011 46.4 +0.4 pp
2010 46 +0.4 pp
2009 45.6 +0.4 pp
2008 45.3 +0.4 pp
2007 44.9 +0.4 pp
2006 44.5 +0.4 pp
2005 44.2 +0.4 pp
2004 43.8 +0.4 pp
2003 43.4 +0.4 pp
2002 43 +0.2 pp
2001 42.8 +0.2 pp
2000 42.6

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.