Drinking water services in Angola
Angola: Drinking water services was 3.04 million people in 2024. ▼ Falling
Drinking water services in Angola, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in people.
Analysis
Angola recorded 3.04 million people for drinking water services in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 6.3% on the previous year and down 33.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water services in Angola peaked at 5.19 million people in 2002 and was at its lowest, 3.04 million people, in 2024.
That places Angola 8th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.03 million people | 4.88 million people | 5.19 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.45 million people | 3.94 million people | 4.83 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.42 million people | 3.04 million people | 3.79 million people | 5 |
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More environment data for Angola
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 69.92 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.85 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 7.25 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 1.77 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 21.75 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0059 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 34.32 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0048 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0542 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 3.49 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water services in Angola?
- Drinking water services in Angola was 3.04 million people 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 services recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 5.19 million people in 2002.
- What is the lowest drinking water services recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.04 million people in 2024.
- How does Angola rank for drinking water services?
- Angola ranks 8th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water services rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Angola 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 services. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of people using drinking water directly collected from surface waters.