Drinking water services in Tajikistan

Tajikistan: Drinking water services was 644,341 people in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
644,341 people
Change on year
up 1.7%
World rank
37th
of 231 countries
All-time high
2.16 million people
in 2000
All-time low
622,218 people
in 2022
Years of data
25
2000–2024

Drinking water services in Tajikistan, 2000–2024

500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M2000201220242000: 2.2M people2001: 2.1M people2002: 2.1M people2003: 2.0M people2004: 2.0M people2005: 1.9M people2006: 1.9M people2007: 1.8M people2008: 1.8M people2009: 1.7M people2010: 1.6M people2011: 1.6M people2012: 1.5M people2013: 1.5M people2014: 1.4M people2015: 1.3M people2016: 1.2M people2017: 1.1M people2018: 1.0M people2019: 947.9k people2020: 844.6k people2021: 735.9k people2022: 622.2k people2023: 633.6k people2024: 644.3k people

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

Analysis

Tajikistan recorded 644,341 people for drinking water services in 2024.

The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and down 53.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, drinking water services in Tajikistan peaked at 2.16 million people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 622,218 people, in 2022.

That places Tajikistan 37th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 1.95 million people 1.71 million people 2.16 million people 10
2010s 1.33 million people 947,903 people 1.65 million people 10
2020s 696,127 people 622,218 people 844,568 people 5

Countries ranked near Tajikistan

  1. 34 Bangladesh 783,630 people compare
  2. 35 Sierra Leone 749,592 people compare
  3. 36 Somalia 650,397 people compare
  4. 38 Bolivia 580,324 people compare
  5. 39 Togo 567,645 people compare
  6. 40 Eritrea 534,414 people compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is drinking water services in Tajikistan?
Drinking water services in Tajikistan was 644,341 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 Tajikistan?
The highest recorded value was 2.16 million people in 2000.
What is the lowest drinking water services recorded in Tajikistan?
The lowest recorded value was 622,218 people in 2022.
How does Tajikistan rank for drinking water services?
Tajikistan ranks 37th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
Is drinking water services rising or falling in Tajikistan?
Over the last ten years it is down 53.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Tajikistan 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.