Drinking water service usage in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Drinking water service usage was 30.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Drinking water service usage in Afghanistan, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, drinking water service usage in Afghanistan stood at 30.6%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and up 35.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water service usage in Afghanistan peaked at 30.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 11.5%, in 2000.
That places Afghanistan 140th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.5% | 11.5% | 18.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.0% | 19.2% | 26.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.1% | 27.6% | 30.6% | 5 |
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More environment data for Afghanistan
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 33.03 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.7746 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 12.48 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.2033 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.5 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0094 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 16.25 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0035 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.026 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 2.03 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water service usage in Afghanistan?
- Drinking water service usage in Afghanistan was 30.6% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest drinking water service usage recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 30.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest drinking water service usage recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.5% in 2000.
- How does Afghanistan rank for drinking water service usage?
- Afghanistan ranks 140th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water service usage rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Drinking water service usage. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of people using an improved drinking water source that is located on premises, available when needed and free from faecal and priority chemical contamination.