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Papua New Guinea: People using at least basic drinking water services, rural

48.29percent · 2024+32.1% 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 Papua New Guinea from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202448.293
202347.238
202246.158
202145.05
202043.917
201942.756
201841.57
201740.357
201639.117
201537.851
201436.559
201335.24
201233.895
201132.523
201031.125
200929.7
200828.249
200726.563
200624.877
200523.191
200421.505
200321.505
200221.505
200121.505
200021.505

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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