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

94.02percent · 2024+7.7% 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 Nepal from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202494.02
202393.354
202292.687
202192.018
202091.349
201990.678
201890.005
201789.332
201688.657
201587.981
201487.304
201386.626
201285.946
201185.265
201084.583
200983.9
200883.215
200782.529
200681.842
200581.154
200480.464
200379.773
200279.081
200178.388
200077.694

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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