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

46.95percent · 2024+51.1% 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 Ethiopia from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202446.955
202345.368
202243.781
202142.193
202040.605
201939.016
201837.427
201735.838
201634.248
201532.658
201431.068
201329.477
201227.885
201126.293
201024.701
200923.109
200821.516
200719.922
200618.328
200516.734
200415.139
200313.544
200211.949
200110.353
20008.757

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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