Ghana - 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 Ghana was 71.89 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 71.89 in 2020, while its lowest value was 53.15 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 53.15
2001 54.09
2002 55.03
2003 55.96
2004 56.90
2005 57.84
2006 58.78
2007 59.71
2008 60.65
2009 61.59
2010 62.52
2011 63.46
2012 64.40
2013 65.33
2014 66.27
2015 67.21
2016 68.15
2017 69.08
2018 70.02
2019 70.96
2020 71.89

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 Ghana was 96.13 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 96.13 in 2020, while its lowest value was 77.49 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 77.49
2001 77.92
2002 78.83
2003 79.75
2004 80.67
2005 81.59
2006 82.53
2007 83.46
2008 84.41
2009 85.35
2010 86.31
2011 87.26
2012 88.23
2013 89.20
2014 90.17
2015 91.15
2016 92.14
2017 93.13
2018 94.12
2019 95.12
2020 96.13

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

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) in Ghana was 85.79 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 85.79 in 2020, while its lowest value was 63.84 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 63.84
2001 64.72
2002 65.80
2003 66.89
2004 67.98
2005 69.08
2006 70.17
2007 71.27
2008 72.37
2009 73.48
2010 74.58
2011 75.69
2012 76.81
2013 77.92
2014 79.04
2015 80.16
2016 81.28
2017 82.40
2018 83.53
2019 84.66
2020 85.79

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention