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

90.33percent · 2024+3.8% 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
202490.333
202390.01
202289.688
202189.365
202089.043
201988.705
201888.368
201788.03
201687.693
201587.356
201487.019
201386.682
201286.345
201186.008
201085.671
200985.335
200884.998
200784.662
200684.326
200583.99
200483.654
200383.318
200282.982
200182.646
200082.311

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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