Drinking water services in Turkey
Turkey: Drinking water services was 183,090 people in 2024. ▲ Rising
Drinking water services in Turkey, 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
Turkey recorded 183,090 people for drinking water services in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water services in Turkey peaked at 185,962 people in 2020 and was at its lowest, 73,922 people, in 2000.
That places Turkey 57th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Drinking water services in Turkey, year by year
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 73,922 people | — |
| 2001 | 74,324 people | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 79,697 people | +7.2% |
| 2003 | 85,048 people | +6.7% |
| 2004 | 90,367 people | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 95,650 people | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 100,891 people | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 106,104 people | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 111,463 people | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 116,966 people | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 122,437 people | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 127,885 people | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 133,528 people | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 139,604 people | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 146,522 people | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 154,187 people | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 161,293 people | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 168,066 people | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 174,691 people | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 180,542 people | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 185,962 people | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 185,740 people | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 185,061 people | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 184,070 people | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 183,090 people | -0.5% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 183,090 people is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5,292 people, 34.6× the median. (58 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 93,443 people | 73,922 people | 116,966 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 150,876 people | 122,437 people | 180,542 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 184,785 people | 183,090 people | 185,962 people | 5 |
Countries ranked near Turkey
More environment data for Turkey
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.6763 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 3.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per unit of 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 9.48 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water services in Turkey?
- Drinking water services in Turkey was 183,090 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 Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 185,962 people in 2020.
- What is the lowest drinking water services recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 73,922 people in 2000.
- How does Turkey rank for drinking water services?
- Turkey ranks 57th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water services rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Turkey 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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Number of people using drinking water directly collected from surface waters.