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Sri Lanka: People using safely managed drinking water services, urban

80.11percent · 2024-11.5% since 2014

The percentage of people using drinking water from an improved source that is accessible on premises, available when needed and free from fecal and priority chemical contamination. 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
202480.108
202380.108
202282.421
202184.734
202087.046
201989.357
201891.668
201791.777
201691.344
201590.911
201490.477
201390.044
201289.611
201189.179
201088.746
200988.313
200887.881
200787.448
200687.016
200586.584
200486.572
200386.56
200286.548
200186.536
200086.524

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 safely managed drinking water services, urban. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-using-safely-managed-drinking-water-services-urban (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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