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.
Drinking water services in Egypt, year by year
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 33,616 people | — |
| 2001 | 33,086 people | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 32,512 people | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 31,899 people | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 31,238 people | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 30,525 people | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 29,751 people | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 28,938 people | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 28,090 people | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 27,204 people | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 26,281 people | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 25,358 people | -3.5% |
| 2012 | 24,431 people | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 23,460 people | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 22,422 people | -4.4% |
| 2015 | 21,282 people | -5.1% |
| 2016 | 20,067 people | -5.7% |
| 2017 | 18,776 people | -6.4% |
| 2018 | 17,398 people | -7.3% |
| 2019 | 15,930 people | -8.4% |
| 2020 | 14,381 people | -9.7% |
| 2021 | 12,758 people | -11.3% |
| 2022 | 11,084 people | -13.1% |
| 2023 | 9,378 people | -15.4% |
| 2024 | 7,621 people | -18.7% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 7,621 people is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 261,824 people, 3% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 7,621 people is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,997 people, 2.5× the median. (23 countries reporting)
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
More environment data for Egypt
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -20.54 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -13.21 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.361 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 4.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- 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 -3.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (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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Number of people using drinking water directly collected from surface waters.