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United States: People using at least basic drinking water services, rural

100percent · 2024+2.7% 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 United States from 2005 to 2024.

20052024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2024100
2023100
2022100
202199.691
202099.359
201999.026
201898.694
201798.361
201698.029
201597.696
201497.363
201397.031
201296.698
201196.366
201096.033
200995.701
200895.701
200795.701
200695.701
200595.701

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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