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South Africa: People using at least basic drinking water services, rural

72.97percent · 2024-9.5% 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 South Africa from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202472.973
202373.868
202274.733
202175.569
202076.376
201977.153
201877.9
201778.618
201679.307
201579.966
201480.596
201379.771
201278.946
201178.121
201077.297
200976.472
200875.647
200774.823
200673.998
200573.173
200472.348
200371.524
200270.699
200169.874
200069.049

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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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 2026-11-07.

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