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Sri Lanka: People using at least basic drinking water services, rural

88.43percent · 2024+3.5% 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 Sri Lanka from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202488.432
202388.432
202288.103
202187.774
202087.444
201987.116
201886.787
201786.458
201686.13
201585.802
201485.474
201385.146
201284.819
201184.491
201084.164
200983.837
200883.51
200783.184
200682.857
200582.531
200482.205
200381.879
200281.553
200181.228
200080.928

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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