Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Sudan
Sudan: Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita was 93.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Sudan, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Sudan stood at 93.7%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Sudan peaked at 93.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 65.8%, in 2000.
That places Sudan 178th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 67.9% | 65.8% | 72.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 80.5% | 74.2% | 86.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 91.0% | 88.2% | 93.7% | 5 |
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More environment data for Sudan
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 138.7 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 2.75 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 64.91 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 2.36 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 7.52 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0272 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 84.85 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0038 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0726 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 9.96 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Sudan?
- Using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Sudan was 93.7% 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 Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 93.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.8% in 2000.
- How does Sudan rank for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita?
- Sudan ranks 178th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sudan 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.