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

76.28percent · 2024+14.4% 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 Ghana from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202476.275
202375.299
202274.326
202173.356
202072.39
201971.427
201870.468
201769.512
201668.559
201567.61
201466.664
201365.721
201264.782
201163.846
201062.914
200961.985
200861.059
200760.137
200659.218
200558.302
200457.39
200356.481
200255.576
200154.673
200053.891

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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