Drinking water service usage in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Drinking water service usage was 24.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Drinking water service usage in Guinea-Bissau, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Guinea-Bissau recorded 24.0% for drinking water service usage in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water service usage in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 24.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 17.7%, in 2000.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 148th 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 | 19.0% | 17.7% | 20.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.9% | 20.7% | 23.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.8% | 23.4% | 24.0% | 5 |
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More environment data for Guinea-Bissau
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 3.19 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.45 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 1.38 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.3269 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.2417 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0003 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 2.3 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0013 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.3567 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water service usage in Guinea-Bissau?
- Drinking water service usage in Guinea-Bissau was 24.0% 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 Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 24.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest drinking water service usage recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.7% in 2000.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for drinking water service usage?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 148th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water service usage rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau 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.