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.
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 |
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More environment data for Turkey
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 579.51 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 6.78 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 46.39 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 1.18 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 9.63 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.1159 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 78.59 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.1226 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.3374 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 20.79 Mt CO2e (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.