Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Cambodia
Cambodia: Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita was 92.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Cambodia, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Cambodia is 92.1%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 21.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Cambodia peaked at 92.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 52.3%, in 2000.
Cambodia ranks 182nd of 231 countries on this measure, in the bottom 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 | 59.8% | 52.3% | 67.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 76.6% | 69.1% | 84.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 89.0% | 85.8% | 92.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cambodia
More environment data for Cambodia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 49.83 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 2.83 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 23.83 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.4396 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.7904 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.052 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 26.66 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0013 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0294 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.52 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Cambodia?
- Using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Cambodia was 92.1% 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 using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 92.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.3% in 2000.
- How does Cambodia rank for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita?
- Cambodia ranks 182nd out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Cambodia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cambodia 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 Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of people who use an improved drinking water source, regardless of collection time. An improved drinking water source is a safely designed drinking water source and includes e.g. piped water, boreholes or tubewells and packaged or delivered water.