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People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population)

Bangladesh · 2000–2024 · Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO)

Latest (2024)98.78% of population
Earliest (2000)94.56
Change since 2000+4.22
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), via World Bank WDI (SH.H2O.BASW.ZS)
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What you should know

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.

Source
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), via World Bank WDI (SH.H2O.BASW.ZS)
Data updated
November 1, 2026 · refreshed monthly
Date range
2000–2024 (25 data points)
Unit
% of population
World Bank code
SH.H2O.BASW.ZS
Licence
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WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), via World Bank WDI (SH.H2O.BASW.ZS). Processed by DEEPLAB, https://de3plab.org/data-water-basic (data updated November 1, 2026).

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Year% of population
202498.78
202398.68
202298.58
202198.44
202098.27
201998.1
201897.93
201797.76
201697.58
201597.4
201497.22
201397.04
201296.85
201196.66
201096.46
200996.27
200896.07
200795.87
200695.67
200595.46
200495.25
200395.08
200294.91
200194.73
200094.56