Drinking water services in Egypt
Egypt: Drinking water services was 7,621 people in 2024. ▼ Falling
Drinking water services in Egypt, 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
Egypt recorded 7,621 people for drinking water services in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 18.7% on the previous year and down 66.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water services in Egypt peaked at 33,616 people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 7,621 people, in 2024.
Egypt ranks 90th of 231 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30,686 people | 27,204 people | 33,616 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,540 people | 15,930 people | 26,281 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,045 people | 7,621 people | 14,381 people | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 87 Saudi Arabia 9,562 people compare
- 88 Tunisia 8,339 people compare
- 91 Micronesia (country) 7,588 people compare
- 92 Jordan 6,933 people compare
- 93 Libya 6,878 people compare
More environment data for Egypt
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 386.6 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.32 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 13.4 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.4584 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 20.66 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0674 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 57.53 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.1169 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.5385 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 22.26 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water services in Egypt?
- Drinking water services in Egypt was 7,621 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 33,616 people in 2000.
- What is the lowest drinking water services recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,621 people in 2024.
- How does Egypt rank for drinking water services?
- Egypt ranks 90th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water services rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 66.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt 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.