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Nepal: People using safely managed drinking water services

16.49percent · 2024-38.8% 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 Nepal from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202416.487
202316.349
202216.211
202116.074
202017.698
201919.299
201820.877
201722.431
201623.961
201525.468
201426.95
201328.407
201229.839
201129.592
201029.345
200929.098
200828.849
200728.6
200628.35
200528.1
200427.849
200327.597
200227.345
200127.092
200026.806

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 safely managed drinking water services. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-using-safely-managed-drinking-water-services (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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