Drinking water services in Haiti

Haiti: Drinking water services was 147,969 people in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
147,969 people
Change on year
down 22.1%
World rank
61st
of 231 countries
All-time high
1.12 million people
in 2000
All-time low
147,969 people
in 2024
Years of data
25
2000–2024

Drinking water services in Haiti, 2000–2024

200.0k400.0k600.0k800.0k1.0M1.2M2000201220242000: 1.1M people2001: 1.1M people2002: 1.0M people2003: 991.0k people2004: 955.5k people2005: 920.1k people2006: 884.2k people2007: 847.7k people2008: 810.4k people2009: 772.4k people2010: 730.4k people2011: 688.1k people2012: 648.4k people2013: 608.1k people2014: 567.3k people2015: 526.0k people2016: 484.5k people2017: 442.8k people2018: 400.9k people2019: 358.9k people2020: 316.7k people2021: 274.4k people2022: 232.1k people2023: 190.0k people2024: 148.0k people

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in people.

Analysis

The most recent figure for drinking water services in Haiti is 147,969 people, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 22.1% on the previous year and down 73.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, drinking water services in Haiti peaked at 1.12 million people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 147,969 people, in 2024.

Haiti ranks 61st 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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 940,704 people 772,417 people 1.12 million people 10
2010s 545,540 people 358,911 people 730,406 people 10
2020s 232,246 people 147,969 people 316,745 people 5

Countries ranked near Haiti

  1. 58 Central African Republic 177,880 people compare
  2. 59 Nepal 163,763 people compare
  3. 60 Mongolia 159,370 people compare
  4. 62 Chile 129,734 people compare
  5. 63 Eswatini 109,905 people compare
  6. 64 Kyrgyzstan 107,143 people compare

See the full ranking of 231 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is drinking water services in Haiti?
Drinking water services in Haiti was 147,969 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 Haiti?
The highest recorded value was 1.12 million people in 2000.
What is the lowest drinking water services recorded in Haiti?
The lowest recorded value was 147,969 people in 2024.
How does Haiti rank for drinking water services?
Haiti ranks 61st out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
Is drinking water services rising or falling in Haiti?
Over the last ten years it is down 73.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Haiti 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

Indicator
Drinking water services
Unit
people
Source
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
231 places, 5,429 data points, 2000–2024
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Number of people using drinking water directly collected from surface waters.