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

94.91percent · 2024+9.9% 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 India from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202494.911
202394.045
202293.181
202192.32
202091.461
201990.604
201889.75
201788.898
201688.049
201587.202
201486.357
201385.515
201284.675
201183.838
201083.003
200982.171
200881.341
200780.513
200679.688
200578.865
200478.045
200377.227
200276.412
200175.598
200074.922

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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