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People using safely managed drinking water services, rural (% of rural population)
Bangladesh · 2000–2024 · Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
Latest (2024)62.51% of rural population
Earliest (2000)59.37
Change since 2000+3.14
About this data
What you should know
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.
- Source
- WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, via World Bank WDI (SH.H2O.SMDW.RU.ZS)
- Data updated
- October 19, 2026 · refreshed monthly
- Date range
- 2000–2024 (25 data points)
- Unit
- % of rural population
- World Bank code
SH.H2O.SMDW.RU.ZS- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
How to cite this data
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, via World Bank WDI (SH.H2O.SMDW.RU.ZS). Processed by DEEPLAB, https://de3plab.org/data-safe-water-rural (data updated October 19, 2026).
Show the data table
| Year | % of rural population |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 62.51 |
| 2023 | 62.45 |
| 2022 | 62.39 |
| 2021 | 62.3 |
| 2020 | 62.13 |
| 2019 | 61.97 |
| 2018 | 61.8 |
| 2017 | 61.64 |
| 2016 | 61.47 |
| 2015 | 61.31 |
| 2014 | 61.14 |
| 2013 | 60.98 |
| 2012 | 60.82 |
| 2011 | 60.65 |
| 2010 | 60.54 |
| 2009 | 60.42 |
| 2008 | 60.3 |
| 2007 | 60.19 |
| 2006 | 60.07 |
| 2005 | 59.95 |
| 2004 | 59.84 |
| 2003 | 59.72 |
| 2002 | 59.61 |
| 2001 | 59.49 |
| 2000 | 59.37 |