Drinking water services in Eswatini
Eswatini: Drinking water services was 109,905 people in 2024. ▼ Falling
Drinking water services in Eswatini, 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
Eswatini recorded 109,905 people for drinking water services in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.6% on the previous year and down 39.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water services in Eswatini peaked at 271,771 people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 109,905 people, in 2024.
That places Eswatini 63rd 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 247,053 people | 218,966 people | 271,771 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 179,290 people | 146,925 people | 211,845 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 125,104 people | 109,905 people | 139,874 people | 5 |
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More environment data for Eswatini
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 2.93 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 2.36 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.7887 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.1053 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.3101 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0117 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 1.38 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0022 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0054 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.157 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water services in Eswatini?
- Drinking water services in Eswatini was 109,905 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 Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 271,771 people in 2000.
- What is the lowest drinking water services recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 109,905 people in 2024.
- How does Eswatini rank for drinking water services?
- Eswatini ranks 63rd out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water services rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.