China - 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 China was 89.66 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 89.66 in 2020, while its lowest value was 70.15 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 70.15
2001 70.15
2002 71.18
2003 72.22
2004 73.25
2005 74.28
2006 75.31
2007 76.33
2008 77.36
2009 78.38
2010 79.40
2011 80.42
2012 81.44
2013 82.45
2014 83.47
2015 84.48
2016 85.49
2017 86.50
2018 87.50
2019 88.58
2020 89.66

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 China was 97.11 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 98.48 in 2001, while its lowest value was 97.11 in 2020.

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 98.48
2001 98.48
2002 98.42
2003 98.35
2004 98.28
2005 98.21
2006 98.14
2007 98.07
2008 98.00
2009 97.93
2010 97.87
2011 97.80
2012 97.73
2013 97.66
2014 97.59
2015 97.52
2016 97.45
2017 97.38
2018 97.31
2019 97.21
2020 97.11

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

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) in China was 94.26 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 94.26 in 2020, while its lowest value was 80.48 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 80.48
2001 80.82
2002 81.80
2003 82.75
2004 83.68
2005 84.57
2006 85.43
2007 86.26
2008 87.06
2009 87.83
2010 88.57
2011 89.27
2012 89.93
2013 90.57
2014 91.18
2015 91.76
2016 92.32
2017 92.84
2018 93.34
2019 93.81
2020 94.26

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention