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

97.12percent · 2024+2.6% 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
202497.118
202396.875
202296.632
202196.39
202096.148
201995.906
201895.665
201795.424
201695.183
201594.942
201494.702
201394.462
201294.222
201193.982
201093.743
200993.504
200893.265
200793.026
200692.788
200592.55
200492.312
200392.075
200291.838
200191.601
200091.44

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, urban. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-using-at-least-basic-drinking-water-services-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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