Belize - 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 Belize was 98.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 98.00 in 2020, while its lowest value was 84.26 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 84.26
2001 85.01
2002 85.76
2003 86.50
2004 87.25
2005 88.00
2006 88.74
2007 89.49
2008 90.24
2009 90.98
2010 91.76
2011 92.54
2012 93.32
2013 94.10
2014 94.87
2015 95.65
2016 96.43
2017 97.21
2018 98.00
2019 98.00
2020 98.00

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 Belize was 98.88 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 99.01 in 2015, while its lowest value was 91.24 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 91.24
2001 91.78
2002 92.32
2003 92.85
2004 93.39
2005 93.93
2006 94.46
2007 95.00
2008 95.54
2009 96.08
2010 96.57
2011 97.07
2012 97.56
2013 98.06
2014 98.55
2015 99.01
2016 98.96
2017 98.92
2018 98.88
2019 98.88
2020 98.88

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

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) in Belize was 98.40 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 98.40 in 2020, while its lowest value was 87.43 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 87.43
2001 88.08
2002 88.73
2003 89.38
2004 90.03
2005 90.68
2006 91.34
2007 91.99
2008 92.64
2009 93.29
2010 93.94
2011 94.59
2012 95.24
2013 95.89
2014 96.54
2015 97.18
2016 97.58
2017 97.99
2018 98.40
2019 98.40
2020 98.40

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention