St. Lucia - 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 St. Lucia was 96.81 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 96.81 in 2020, while its lowest value was 88.80 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 88.80
2001 88.80
2002 88.80
2003 89.31
2004 89.81
2005 90.31
2006 90.81
2007 91.31
2008 91.81
2009 92.31
2010 92.81
2011 93.31
2012 93.81
2013 94.31
2014 94.81
2015 95.31
2016 95.81
2017 96.31
2018 96.81
2019 96.81
2020 96.81

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 St. Lucia was 97.21 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 97.21 in 2020, while its lowest value was 94.48 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 94.48
2001 94.48
2002 94.48
2003 94.65
2004 94.82
2005 94.99
2006 95.16
2007 95.33
2008 95.50
2009 95.67
2010 95.84
2011 96.01
2012 96.18
2013 96.35
2014 96.52
2015 96.69
2016 96.86
2017 97.04
2018 97.21
2019 97.21
2020 97.21

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

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) in St. Lucia was 96.89 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 96.89 in 2020, while its lowest value was 90.30 in 2002.

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 90.38
2001 90.36
2002 90.30
2003 90.65
2004 91.02
2005 91.39
2006 91.77
2007 92.16
2008 92.55
2009 92.95
2010 93.37
2011 93.81
2012 94.25
2013 94.69
2014 95.13
2015 95.57
2016 96.01
2017 96.45
2018 96.89
2019 96.89
2020 96.89

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention