Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita was 67.6% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Equatorial Guinea, 2000–2017
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Equatorial Guinea recorded 67.6% for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in 2017. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 67.6% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 53.4%, in 2000.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 226th of 231 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 57.4% | 53.4% | 62.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 66.1% | 63.2% | 67.6% | 8 |
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More environment data for Equatorial Guinea
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 8.14 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 4.3 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.0154 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0335 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 2.55 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0006 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 3.01 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0031 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.349 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Equatorial Guinea?
- Using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Equatorial Guinea was 67.6% in 2017, 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 Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 67.6% in 2017.
- What is the lowest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.4% in 2000.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 226th out of 231 countries with data for 2017.
- Is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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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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.