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

96.78percent · 2024+0.7% 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
202496.78
202396.889
202296.998
202197.108
202097.217
201997.326
201897.08
201796.833
201696.586
201596.337
201496.088
201395.838
201295.587
201195.336
201095.083
200994.83
200894.576
200794.321
200694.066
200593.809
200493.913
200394.017
200294.12
200194.224
200094.328

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). People using at least basic drinking water services, urban. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-using-at-least-basic-drinking-water-services-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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