Nepal - 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 Nepal was 90.20 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 90.20 in 2020, while its lowest value was 77.99 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 77.99
2001 78.62
2002 79.25
2003 79.88
2004 80.51
2005 81.13
2006 81.76
2007 82.38
2008 82.99
2009 83.61
2010 84.22
2011 84.83
2012 85.44
2013 86.04
2014 86.64
2015 87.24
2016 87.84
2017 88.43
2018 89.03
2019 89.62
2020 90.20

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 Nepal was 89.58 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 92.46 in 2000, while its lowest value was 89.58 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 92.46
2001 92.31
2002 92.17
2003 92.02
2004 91.88
2005 91.73
2006 91.59
2007 91.45
2008 91.30
2009 91.16
2010 91.01
2011 90.87
2012 90.73
2013 90.58
2014 90.44
2015 90.29
2016 90.15
2017 90.01
2018 89.86
2019 89.72
2020 89.58

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

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) in Nepal was 90.07 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 90.07 in 2020, while its lowest value was 79.93 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).

See also:

Year Value
2000 79.93
2001 80.53
2002 81.09
2003 81.65
2004 82.20
2005 82.74
2006 83.28
2007 83.81
2008 84.33
2009 84.85
2010 85.36
2011 85.86
2012 86.36
2013 86.85
2014 87.33
2015 87.81
2016 88.28
2017 88.74
2018 89.19
2019 89.64
2020 90.07

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention