India - 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 India was 88.78 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 88.78 in 2020, while its lowest value was 75.85 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 75.85
2001 76.53
2002 77.17
2003 77.82
2004 78.47
2005 79.12
2006 79.77
2007 80.41
2008 81.06
2009 81.71
2010 82.35
2011 83.00
2012 83.64
2013 84.28
2014 84.93
2015 85.57
2016 86.21
2017 86.86
2018 87.50
2019 88.14
2020 88.78

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 India was 93.67 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 93.67 in 2020, while its lowest value was 92.51 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 92.51
2001 92.63
2002 92.68
2003 92.74
2004 92.80
2005 92.85
2006 92.91
2007 92.96
2008 93.02
2009 93.07
2010 93.13
2011 93.18
2012 93.24
2013 93.29
2014 93.35
2015 93.40
2016 93.46
2017 93.51
2018 93.56
2019 93.62
2020 93.67

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

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) in India was 90.49 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 90.49 in 2020, while its lowest value was 80.46 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 80.46
2001 81.02
2002 81.55
2003 82.09
2004 82.61
2005 83.13
2006 83.65
2007 84.17
2008 84.68
2009 85.18
2010 85.68
2011 86.18
2012 86.68
2013 87.17
2014 87.65
2015 88.14
2016 88.62
2017 89.09
2018 89.56
2019 90.03
2020 90.49

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention