Drinking water service usage in Palestine
Palestine: Drinking water service usage was 80.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Drinking water service usage in Palestine, 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 Palestine stood at 80.6%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water service usage in Palestine peaked at 80.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 74.6%, in 2000.
That places Palestine 87th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Drinking water service usage in Palestine, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 74.6% | — |
| 2001 | 75.0% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 75.4% | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 75.8% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 76.2% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 76.5% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 76.9% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 77.3% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 77.7% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 78.1% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 78.5% | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 78.9% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 79.3% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 79.7% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 80.1% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 80.4% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 80.5% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 80.5% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 80.5% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 80.6% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 80.6% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 80.6% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 80.6% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 80.6% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 80.6% | +0.0% |
Palestine compared with similar countries
- Palestine's 80.6% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 42.9%, 1.9× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Palestine's 80.6% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 84.8%, 95% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 76.3% | 74.6% | 78.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 79.9% | 78.5% | 80.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 80.6% | 80.6% | 80.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Palestine
- 84 Uzbekistan 81.9% compare
- 85 Northern Mariana Islands 81.5% compare
- 86 North Macedonia 80.8% compare
- 88 Costa Rica 80.5% compare
- 89 Morocco 80.0% compare
- 90 Egypt 78.9% compare
More environment data for Palestine
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -16.31 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -15.86 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.477 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.7 °C (2025)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons), annual growth rate -94.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons), per unit of GDP 0 metric tons per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons), per capita 0 metric tons per person (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons), annual growth rate -92.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons), per unit of GDP 0 metric tons per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water service usage in Palestine?
- Drinking water service usage in Palestine was 80.6% 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 Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 80.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest drinking water service usage recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 74.6% in 2000.
- How does Palestine rank for drinking water service usage?
- Palestine ranks 87th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water service usage rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palestine 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.