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South Africa: Population using at least basic drinking-water services

90percent · 2024-2.2% since 2014

Population using at least basic drinking-water services (%). WHO Global Health Observatory indicator WSH_WATER_BASIC. Annual figures for South Africa from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202490
202390
202291
202191
202091
201991
201892
201792
201692
201592
201492
201392
201292
201191
201091
200990
200890
200789
200689
200588
200488
200387
200287
200186
200086

Source

Published by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Health Organization (2026). Population using at least basic drinking-water services. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-wsh-water-basic (accessed 2026-11-10). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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