Drinking water services in Indonesia
Indonesia: Drinking water services was 2.29 million people in 2024. ▼ Falling
Drinking water services in Indonesia, 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
Indonesia recorded 2.29 million people for drinking water services in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 50.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water services in Indonesia peaked at 8.29 million people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 2.29 million people, in 2024.
That places Indonesia 15th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.14 million people | 5.95 million people | 8.29 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.45 million people | 3.19 million people | 5.68 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.49 million people | 2.29 million people | 2.90 million people | 5 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
More environment data for Indonesia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 1,324 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 4.67 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 88.4 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 1.05 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 283.2 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.7499 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 429.54 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.4578 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.916 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 54.41 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water services in Indonesia?
- Drinking water services in Indonesia was 2.29 million 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 Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 8.29 million people in 2000.
- What is the lowest drinking water services recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.29 million people in 2024.
- How does Indonesia rank for drinking water services?
- Indonesia ranks 15th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water services rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Indonesia 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.