Drinking water services in Cuba
Cuba: Drinking water services was 27,132 people in 2024. ▼ Falling
Drinking water services in Cuba, 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
Cuba recorded 27,132 people for drinking water services in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 40.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water services in Cuba peaked at 82,159 people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 27,132 people, in 2024.
That places Cuba 77th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Drinking water services in Cuba, year by year
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 82,159 people | — |
| 2001 | 79,365 people | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 76,576 people | -3.5% |
| 2003 | 73,948 people | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 71,463 people | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 68,944 people | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 66,380 people | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 63,779 people | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 61,164 people | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 58,553 people | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 55,951 people | -4.4% |
| 2011 | 53,367 people | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 50,782 people | -4.8% |
| 2013 | 48,257 people | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 45,730 people | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 43,218 people | -5.5% |
| 2016 | 40,722 people | -5.8% |
| 2017 | 38,187 people | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 35,639 people | -6.7% |
| 2019 | 33,082 people | -7.2% |
| 2020 | 30,524 people | -7.7% |
| 2021 | 27,903 people | -8.6% |
| 2022 | 27,622 people | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 27,384 people | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 27,132 people | -0.9% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 27,132 people is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5,292 people, 5.1× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 27,132 people is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 655.48 people, 41.4× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 70,233 people | 58,553 people | 82,159 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 44,494 people | 33,082 people | 55,951 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,113 people | 27,132 people | 30,524 people | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
- 74 Gabon 48,745 people compare
- 75 Panama 46,333 people compare
- 76 Solomon Islands 31,324 people compare
- 78 Guinea-Bissau 19,415 people compare
- 79 Croatia 18,033 people compare
- 80 Burkina Faso 16,882 people compare
More environment data for Cuba
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.3 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.17 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.278 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -1.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water services in Cuba?
- Drinking water services in Cuba was 27,132 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 Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 82,159 people in 2000.
- What is the lowest drinking water services recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,132 people in 2024.
- How does Cuba rank for drinking water services?
- Cuba ranks 77th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water services rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cuba 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.