Drinking water services in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Drinking water services was 9,562 people in 2024. ▲ Rising
Drinking water services in Saudi Arabia, 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
The most recent figure for drinking water services in Saudi Arabia is 9,562 people, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water services in Saudi Arabia peaked at 9,655 people in 2016 and was at its lowest, 6,149 people, in 2000.
Saudi Arabia ranks 87th of 231 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7,248 people | 6,149 people | 8,300 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,195 people | 8,520 people | 9,655 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,365 people | 9,205 people | 9,562 people | 5 |
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More environment data for Saudi Arabia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 838.88 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 23.76 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 8.68 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0153 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 69.55 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0811 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 113.12 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.3635 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.3983 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 33.24 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water services in Saudi Arabia?
- Drinking water services in Saudi Arabia was 9,562 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 9,655 people in 2016.
- What is the lowest drinking water services recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,149 people in 2000.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for drinking water services?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 87th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water services rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.