Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Comoros

Comoros: Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita was 96.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
96.0%
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
162nd
of 231 countries
All-time high
96.0%
in 2024
All-time low
91.2%
in 2000
Years of data
25
2000–2024

Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Comoros, 2000–2024

0204060801002000201220242000: 91.2 %2001: 91.4 %2002: 91.6 %2003: 91.7 %2004: 91.9 %2005: 92.1 %2006: 92.3 %2007: 92.5 %2008: 92.7 %2009: 92.9 %2010: 93.1 %2011: 93.3 %2012: 93.5 %2013: 93.7 %2014: 93.9 %2015: 94.1 %2016: 94.4 %2017: 94.6 %2018: 94.8 %2019: 95 %2020: 95.2 %2021: 95.4 %2022: 95.6 %2023: 95.8 %2024: 96 %

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.

Analysis

Comoros recorded 96.0% for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Comoros peaked at 96.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 91.2%, in 2000.

That places Comoros 162nd out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 92.0% 91.2% 92.9% 10
2010s 94.1% 93.1% 95.0% 10
2020s 95.6% 95.2% 96.0% 5

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Frequently asked questions

What is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Comoros?
Using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Comoros was 96.0% 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 Comoros?
The highest recorded value was 96.0% in 2024.
What is the lowest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Comoros?
The lowest recorded value was 91.2% in 2000.
How does Comoros rank for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita?
Comoros ranks 162nd out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
Is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Comoros?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Comoros 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

Indicator
Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita
Unit
%
Source
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
231 places, 5,586 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

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.