Lesotho - 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 Lesotho was 63.65 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 63.65 in 2020, while its lowest value was 62.69 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 62.69
2001 62.74
2002 62.79
2003 62.84
2004 62.89
2005 62.94
2006 62.99
2007 63.04
2008 63.09
2009 63.14
2010 63.18
2011 63.23
2012 63.28
2013 63.33
2014 63.37
2015 63.42
2016 63.47
2017 63.51
2018 63.56
2019 63.61
2020 63.65

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 Lesotho was 93.02 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 93.02 in 2020, while its lowest value was 80.79 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 80.79
2001 81.38
2002 81.98
2003 82.58
2004 83.18
2005 83.78
2006 84.39
2007 84.99
2008 85.60
2009 86.21
2010 86.82
2011 87.43
2012 88.05
2013 88.66
2014 89.28
2015 89.90
2016 90.52
2017 91.14
2018 91.77
2019 92.39
2020 93.02

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

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) in Lesotho was 72.18 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 72.18 in 2020, while its lowest value was 66.23 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 66.23
2001 66.48
2002 66.74
2003 67.01
2004 67.29
2005 67.58
2006 67.87
2007 68.15
2008 68.44
2009 68.74
2010 69.05
2011 69.36
2012 69.65
2013 69.94
2014 70.24
2015 70.55
2016 70.86
2017 71.18
2018 71.50
2019 71.83
2020 72.18

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention