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

77.89percent · 2024+12.5% 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 Botswana from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202477.887
202377.852
202277.816
202177.781
202077.745
201977.71
201876.015
201774.321
201672.63
201570.939
201469.25
201367.563
201265.877
201164.193
201062.51
200960.829
200859.149
200757.471
200655.794
200554.119
200454.094
200354.069
200254.045
200154.02
200053.995

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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