Drinking water services in rural areas in Mongolia
Mongolia: Drinking water services in rural areas was 159,370 people in 2024. ▼ Falling
Drinking water services in rural areas in Mongolia, 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 rural areas in Mongolia is 159,370 people, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 5.9% on the previous year and down 32.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water services in rural areas in Mongolia peaked at 421,061 people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 159,370 people, in 2024.
Mongolia ranks 55th of 178 countries on this measure, 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 | 344,375 people | 272,560 people | 421,061 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 232,029 people | 204,822 people | 258,964 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 178,576 people | 159,370 people | 197,002 people | 5 |
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More environment data for Mongolia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 104.36 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 29.61 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 18.68 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.2848 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 44.99 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 64.5 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0051 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0127 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.5127 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water services in rural areas in Mongolia?
- Drinking water services in rural areas in Mongolia was 159,370 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 in rural areas recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 421,061 people in 2000.
- What is the lowest drinking water services in rural areas recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 159,370 people in 2024.
- How does Mongolia rank for drinking water services in rural areas?
- Mongolia ranks 55th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water services in rural areas rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mongolia 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 in rural areas. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of people using drinking water directly collected from surface waters.