Upper middle income - 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 Upper middle income was 90.93 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 90.93 in 2020, while its lowest value was 72.92 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 72.92
2001 73.09
2002 74.04
2003 74.99
2004 75.95
2005 76.90
2006 77.85
2007 78.80
2008 79.75
2009 80.69
2010 81.62
2011 82.56
2012 83.49
2013 84.42
2014 85.35
2015 86.27
2016 87.17
2017 88.09
2018 89.01
2019 89.95
2020 90.93

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 Upper middle income was 98.10 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 98.17 in 2018, while its lowest value was 97.72 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 97.72
2001 97.78
2002 97.81
2003 97.85
2004 97.88
2005 97.91
2006 97.93
2007 97.96
2008 97.98
2009 98.01
2010 98.03
2011 98.05
2012 98.06
2013 98.08
2014 98.09
2015 98.11
2016 98.12
2017 98.15
2018 98.17
2019 98.14
2020 98.10

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

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) in Upper middle income was 95.72 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 95.72 in 2020, while its lowest value was 85.24 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 85.24
2001 85.57
2002 86.28
2003 86.98
2004 87.66
2005 88.33
2006 88.97
2007 89.59
2008 90.19
2009 90.77
2010 91.33
2011 91.86
2012 92.37
2013 92.86
2014 93.34
2015 93.79
2016 94.22
2017 94.58
2018 94.99
2019 95.37
2020 95.72

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention