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India: People using at least basic drinking water services

95.72percent · 2024+7.5% 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
202495.725
202395.074
202294.419
202193.76
202093.098
201992.432
201891.763
201791.091
201690.416
201589.739
201489.059
201388.378
201287.695
201187.011
201086.325
200985.637
200884.947
200784.255
200683.562
200582.866
200482.169
200381.469
200280.768
200180.066
200079.492

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). People using at least basic drinking water services. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-using-at-least-basic-drinking-water-services-sh-h2o-basw-zs (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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