Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Congo
Congo: Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita was 83.8% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Congo, 2000–2021
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Congo recorded 83.8% for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in 2021. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Congo peaked at 83.8% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 68.8%, in 2000.
Congo ranks 207th of 231 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 71.7% | 68.8% | 75.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 80.6% | 76.8% | 83.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.7% | 83.6% | 83.8% | 2 |
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More environment data for Congo
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 24.62 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.89 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.4604 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.4601 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 13.3 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0013 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 14.96 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0052 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0073 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.7254 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Congo?
- Using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Congo was 83.8% in 2021, 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 Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 83.8% in 2021.
- What is the lowest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 68.8% in 2000.
- How does Congo rank for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita?
- Congo ranks 207th out of 231 countries with data for 2021.
- Is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Congo 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.