Arab World - 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 Arab World was 78.94 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 78.94 in 2020, while its lowest value was 63.08 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 63.08
2001 63.53
2002 63.99
2003 64.61
2004 65.24
2005 66.11
2006 67.00
2007 67.77
2008 68.73
2009 69.68
2010 70.62
2011 71.58
2012 72.53
2013 73.47
2014 74.41
2015 75.34
2016 76.29
2017 76.98
2018 77.64
2019 78.30
2020 78.94

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 Arab World was 94.26 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 94.26 in 2020, while its lowest value was 90.99 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 90.99
2001 91.07
2002 91.16
2003 91.25
2004 91.34
2005 91.54
2006 91.74
2007 92.02
2008 92.21
2009 92.40
2010 92.59
2011 92.79
2012 93.00
2013 93.22
2014 93.44
2015 93.66
2016 93.84
2017 93.97
2018 94.08
2019 94.18
2020 94.26

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

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) in Arab World was 89.14 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 89.14 in 2020, while its lowest value was 79.02 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 79.02
2001 79.34
2002 79.68
2003 80.11
2004 80.55
2005 81.16
2006 81.80
2007 82.38
2008 83.03
2009 83.67
2010 84.29
2011 84.88
2012 85.46
2013 86.03
2014 86.59
2015 87.15
2016 87.68
2017 88.09
2018 88.47
2019 88.82
2020 89.14

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention