Sri Lanka - 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 Sri Lanka was 90.54 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 90.54 in 2020, while its lowest value was 77.17 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 77.17
2001 77.81
2002 78.54
2003 79.28
2004 80.02
2005 80.76
2006 81.50
2007 82.25
2008 82.99
2009 83.74
2010 84.49
2011 85.24
2012 85.99
2013 86.74
2014 87.50
2015 88.26
2016 89.02
2017 89.78
2018 90.54
2019 90.54
2020 90.54

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 Sri Lanka was 99.57 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 99.57 in 2020, while its lowest value was 92.81 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 92.81
2001 93.08
2002 93.46
2003 93.84
2004 94.22
2005 94.59
2006 94.97
2007 95.35
2008 95.73
2009 96.11
2010 96.50
2011 96.88
2012 97.26
2013 97.64
2014 98.03
2015 98.41
2016 98.80
2017 99.18
2018 99.57
2019 99.57
2020 99.57

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

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) in Sri Lanka was 92.23 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 92.23 in 2020, while its lowest value was 80.04 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 80.04
2001 80.61
2002 81.28
2003 81.95
2004 82.62
2005 83.29
2006 83.97
2007 84.64
2008 85.32
2009 86.00
2010 86.68
2011 87.36
2012 88.04
2013 88.73
2014 89.42
2015 90.11
2016 90.81
2017 91.51
2018 92.21
2019 92.22
2020 92.23

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention