South Asia - 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 Asia was 89.05 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 89.05 in 2020, while its lowest value was 77.43 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 77.43
2001 77.98
2002 78.54
2003 79.10
2004 79.67
2005 80.24
2006 80.81
2007 81.40
2008 81.98
2009 82.57
2010 83.15
2011 83.74
2012 84.32
2013 84.90
2014 85.49
2015 86.08
2016 86.67
2017 87.27
2018 87.87
2019 88.46
2020 89.05

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 Asia was 94.02 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 94.02 in 2020, while its lowest value was 92.93 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).

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Year Value
2000 92.93
2001 93.01
2002 93.08
2003 93.15
2004 93.22
2005 93.18
2006 93.23
2007 93.28
2008 93.34
2009 93.40
2010 93.45
2011 93.51
2012 93.56
2013 93.62
2014 93.68
2015 93.73
2016 93.79
2017 93.85
2018 93.92
2019 93.97
2020 94.02

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

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) in South Asia was 90.79 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 90.79 in 2020, while its lowest value was 81.67 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 81.67
2001 82.14
2002 82.61
2003 83.08
2004 83.55
2005 83.99
2006 84.46
2007 84.93
2008 85.40
2009 85.87
2010 86.33
2011 86.78
2012 87.24
2013 87.69
2014 88.14
2015 88.59
2016 89.03
2017 89.48
2018 89.93
2019 90.36
2020 90.79

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention