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

55.59percent · 2024+17.9% 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 Kenya from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202455.592
202354.747
202253.903
202153.059
202052.216
201951.373
201850.53
201749.688
201648.846
201548.004
201447.162
201346.321
201245.48
201144.64
201043.8
200942.96
200842.121
200741.282
200640.443
200539.604
200438.766
200337.928
200237.091
200136.254
200035.417

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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