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

93.83percent · 2024+13.1% 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 China from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202493.829
202393.829
202292.071
202190.002
202088.427
201987.516
201886.603
201785.687
201684.769
201583.849
201482.927
201382.002
201281.075
201180.146
201079.214
200978.28
200877.344
200776.405
200675.464
200574.521
200473.575
200372.628
200271.678
200170.725
200070.725

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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