Drinking water services in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Drinking water services was 783,630 people in 2024. ▼ Falling
Drinking water services in Bangladesh, 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
Bangladesh recorded 783,630 people for drinking water services in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 11.2% on the previous year and down 56.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water services in Bangladesh peaked at 3.02 million people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 783,630 people, in 2024.
Bangladesh ranks 34th of 231 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.67 million people | 2.28 million people | 3.02 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.73 million people | 1.28 million people | 2.18 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 981,695 people | 783,630 people | 1.18 million people | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 31 Algeria 845,976 people compare
- 32 Yemen 825,460 people compare
- 33 South Africa 784,072 people compare
- 35 Sierra Leone 749,592 people compare
- 36 Somalia 650,397 people compare
- 37 Tajikistan 644,341 people compare
More environment data for Bangladesh
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 220.83 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.27 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 47.41 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 3.57 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 2.2 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0339 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 70.46 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0703 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.1507 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 17.03 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water services in Bangladesh?
- Drinking water services in Bangladesh was 783,630 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 Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 3.02 million people in 2000.
- What is the lowest drinking water services recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 783,630 people in 2024.
- How does Bangladesh rank for drinking water services?
- Bangladesh ranks 34th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water services rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 56.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh 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.