Drinking water service usage in Cambodia
Cambodia: Drinking water service usage was 30.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Drinking water service usage in Cambodia, 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 Cambodia stood at 30.0%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 23.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water service usage in Cambodia peaked at 30.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 17.1%, in 2000.
Cambodia ranks 142nd of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Drinking water service usage in Cambodia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 17.1% | — |
| 2001 | 17.6% | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 18.1% | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 18.5% | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 19.0% | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 19.5% | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 19.9% | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 20.4% | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 20.9% | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 21.4% | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 22.0% | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 22.6% | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 23.1% | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 23.7% | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 24.3% | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 24.8% | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 25.4% | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 26.0% | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 26.5% | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 27.1% | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 27.7% | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 28.3% | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 28.9% | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 29.4% | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 30.0% | +1.8% |
Cambodia compared with similar countries
- Cambodia's 30.0% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 42.9%, 70% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Cambodia's 30.0% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 64.6%, 46% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 19.3% | 17.1% | 21.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.5% | 22.0% | 27.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.9% | 27.7% | 30.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cambodia
More environment data for Cambodia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.5487 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 1.06 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.288 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.929 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.8631 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water service usage in Cambodia?
- Drinking water service usage in Cambodia was 30.0% 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 Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 30.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest drinking water service usage recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.1% in 2000.
- How does Cambodia rank for drinking water service usage?
- Cambodia ranks 142nd out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water service usage rising or falling in Cambodia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cambodia 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 fecal and priority chemical contamination.