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India: People using safely managed drinking water services, rural

72.63percent · 2024+40.9% since 2014

The percentage of people using drinking water from an improved source that is accessible on premises, available when needed and free from fecal and priority chemical contamination. 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
202472.627
202370.406
202268.209
202166.037
202063.891
201961.769
201859.673
201757.602
201655.556
201553.536
201451.54
201349.57
201247.625
201145.705
201043.81
200941.941
200840.096
200738.277
200636.483
200534.714
200432.97
200331.252
200229.558
200127.89
200026.247

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). People using safely managed drinking water services, rural. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-using-safely-managed-drinking-water-services-rural (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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