People using at least basic drinking water services, urban
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.
- Publisher
- World Bank
- Unit
- —
- Cadence
- Annual
- Series
- 184
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-06
Provenance
Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.
Produced by
World Health Organization
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: washdata.org, publisher: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org), date accessed: 2025-09-30, date published: 2025-08-25
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UNICEF
UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), uri: washdata.org, note: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
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Read from
World Bank
World Development Indicators
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Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 2024 | 96.89 | percent |
| Albania | 2024 | 95.66 | percent |
| Algeria | 2024 | 94.81 | percent |
| Andorra | 2024 | 100 | percent |
| Angola | 2024 | 81.73 | percent |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2024 | 98.74 | percent |
| Argentina | 2024 | 99.82 | percent |
| Armenia | 2024 | 99.89 | percent |
| Australia | 2024 | 99.97 | percent |
| Austria | 2024 | 100 | percent |
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