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Zambia: People using at least basic drinking water services, rural

58.46percent · 2024+28.8% 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 Zambia from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202458.459
202357.119
202255.779
202154.439
202053.099
201951.825
201850.548
201749.267
201647.983
201546.695
201445.404
201344.11
201242.812
201141.511
201040.206
200938.898
200837.587
200736.272
200634.954
200533.632
200432.307
200330.978
200229.646
200128.311
200026.972

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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