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

27.80percent · 2016-5.4% since 2006

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 Eritrea from 2000 to 2016.

20002016

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201627.802
201527.802
201427.802
201327.802
201227.802
201128.067
201028.333
200928.599
200828.865
200729.131
200629.396
200529.662
200429.928
200330.194
200230.459
200130.725
200030.991

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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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