Drinking water services in rural areas in Yemen
Yemen: Drinking water services in rural areas was 825,460 people in 2024. ▼ Falling
Drinking water services in rural areas in Yemen, 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 rural areas in Yemen stood at 825,460 people. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.6% on the previous year and down 22.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water services in rural areas in Yemen peaked at 1.17 million people in 2002 and was at its lowest, 825,460 people, in 2024.
Yemen ranks 29th of 178 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.14 million people | 1.11 million people | 1.17 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.05 million people | 966,644 people | 1.12 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 884,048 people | 825,460 people | 941,140 people | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 26 Russia 913,118 people compare
- 27 Papua New Guinea 887,444 people compare
- 28 Guinea 878,871 people compare
- 30 South Africa 760,592 people compare
- 31 Sierra Leone 707,883 people compare
- 32 Cote d'Ivoire 691,482 people compare
More environment data for Yemen
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 32.9 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.8107 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 5.65 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0196 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.3 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0025 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 11.78 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0015 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.01 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 4.81 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water services in rural areas in Yemen?
- Drinking water services in rural areas in Yemen was 825,460 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 Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 1.17 million people in 2002.
- What is the lowest drinking water services in rural areas recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 825,460 people in 2024.
- How does Yemen rank for drinking water services in rural areas?
- Yemen ranks 29th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water services in rural areas rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Yemen 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.