South Africa - 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 South Africa was 83.33 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 83.33 in 2020, while its lowest value was 66.15 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 66.15
2001 67.01
2002 67.86
2003 68.72
2004 69.58
2005 70.44
2006 71.30
2007 72.16
2008 73.02
2009 73.88
2010 74.74
2011 75.60
2012 76.46
2013 77.32
2014 78.17
2015 79.03
2016 79.89
2017 80.75
2018 81.61
2019 82.47
2020 83.33

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 South Africa was 99.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 99.00 in 2020, while its lowest value was 98.37 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 98.37
2001 98.40
2002 98.44
2003 98.47
2004 98.50
2005 98.53
2006 98.56
2007 98.59
2008 98.62
2009 98.66
2010 98.69
2011 98.72
2012 98.75
2013 98.78
2014 98.81
2015 98.84
2016 98.88
2017 98.91
2018 98.94
2019 98.97
2020 99.00

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

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) in South Africa was 93.89 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 93.89 in 2020, while its lowest value was 84.48 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 84.48
2001 85.02
2002 85.56
2003 86.11
2004 86.64
2005 87.16
2006 87.68
2007 88.18
2008 88.68
2009 89.16
2010 89.64
2011 90.10
2012 90.56
2013 91.01
2014 91.45
2015 91.88
2016 92.30
2017 92.71
2018 93.11
2019 93.50
2020 93.89

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention