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.
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
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- 88 Costa Rica 80.5% compare
- 89 Morocco 80.0% compare
- 90 Egypt 78.9% compare
More environment data for Palestine
- Aquaculture production 32 metric tons (2024)
- Capture fisheries production 250 metric tons (2024)
- Total fisheries production 282 metric tons (2024)
- Arable land use per person 0.0081 hectares per person (2023)
- Forest area 11,100 hectares (2025)
- Share of global forest area 0.0% (2025)
- Annual change in forest area 0 hectares (2025)
- Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area 0.0% (2025)
- Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita 0.0% (2025)
- Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods 0 hectares (2025)
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 faecal and priority chemical contamination.