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

97.61percent · 2024+0.7% 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
202497.608
202397.608
202297.53
202197.452
202097.373
201997.295
201897.217
201797.139
201697.06
201596.982
201496.904
201396.826
201296.748
201196.67
201096.592
200996.513
200896.435
200796.357
200696.279
200596.201
200496.123
200396.045
200295.967
200195.889
200095.876

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). People using at least basic drinking water services, urban. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-using-at-least-basic-drinking-water-services-zs (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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