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

56.25percent · 2024+18.9% 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 Cameroon from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202456.25
202355.158
202254.327
202153.485
202052.633
201951.77
201850.897
201750.013
201649.119
201548.214
201447.299
201346.373
201245.437
201144.49
201043.532
200942.565
200841.586
200740.597
200639.598
200538.588
200437.567
200336.537
200235.495
200134.443
200033.381

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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