Drinking water services in Senegal
Senegal: Drinking water services was 10,092 people in 2024. ▼ Falling
Drinking water services in Senegal, 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
In 2024, drinking water services in Senegal stood at 10,092 people. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 44.0% on the previous year and down 88.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water services in Senegal peaked at 159,539 people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 10,092 people, in 2024.
That places Senegal 86th 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 | 141,069 people | 118,698 people | 159,539 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 81,970 people | 47,147 people | 112,726 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,438 people | 10,092 people | 40,280 people | 5 |
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More environment data for Senegal
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 31.72 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.71 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 9.39 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.3409 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.6572 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0025 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 12.33 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0063 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0238 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.91 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water services in Senegal?
- Drinking water services in Senegal was 10,092 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 Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 159,539 people in 2000.
- What is the lowest drinking water services recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,092 people in 2024.
- How does Senegal rank for drinking water services?
- Senegal ranks 86th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water services rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 88.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Senegal 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.