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Afghanistan: People using at least basic drinking water services, rural

74.81percent · 2024+47.4% since 2014

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. Annual figures for Afghanistan from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202474.813
202372.345
202269.892
202167.452
202065.027
201962.615
201860.218
201757.834
201655.465
201553.11
201450.769
201348.442
201246.129
201143.83
201041.545
200939.274
200837.017
200734.774
200632.545
200530.432
200428.318
200326.204
200224.091
200121.977
200021.977

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). People using at least basic drinking water services, rural. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-using-at-least-basic-drinking-water-services (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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