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

99.30percent · 2024+5.4% 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 Bhutan from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202499.302
202399.237
202299.172
202199.107
202099.042
201998.977
201898.195
201797.367
201696.314
201595.263
201494.212
201393.163
201292.116
201191.069
201090.024
200988.981
200887.938
200786.897
200685.857
200584.819
200483.781
200382.745
200281.711
200180.677
200079.698

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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