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Lesotho: People using safely managed drinking water services, rural

14.30percent · 2024+79.8% 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 Lesotho from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202414.305
202313.641
202212.983
202112.332
202011.688
201911.05
201810.418
20179.793
20169.174
20158.562
20147.956
20137.357
20126.764
20116.178
20105.598
20095.024
20084.457
20073.897
20063.343
20052.795
20042.254
20031.719
20021.191
20010.669
20000.154

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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