Drinking water service usage in Gambia
Gambia: Drinking water service usage was 48.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Drinking water service usage in Gambia, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for drinking water service usage in Gambia is 48.2%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 25.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water service usage in Gambia peaked at 48.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 23.3%, in 2000.
Gambia ranks 123rd 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 28.0% | 23.3% | 32.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 39.0% | 33.8% | 44.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.1% | 45.5% | 48.2% | 5 |
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More environment data for Gambia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 1.86 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.6737 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.5387 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0956 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.2132 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 1.15 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0018 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.3024 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water service usage in Gambia?
- Drinking water service usage in Gambia was 48.2% 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 Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 48.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest drinking water service usage recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.3% in 2000.
- How does Gambia rank for drinking water service usage?
- Gambia ranks 123rd out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water service usage rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gambia 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.