Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Tanzania
Tanzania: Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita was 77.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Tanzania, 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 Tanzania stood at 77.4%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 27.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Tanzania peaked at 77.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 36.4%, in 2000.
That places Tanzania 218th 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 | 44.2% | 36.4% | 52.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 61.6% | 53.9% | 69.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.2% | 70.9% | 77.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tanzania
- 215 Angola 79.1% compare
- 216 Solomon Islands 77.8% compare
- 217 South Sudan 77.6% compare
- 219 Benin 77.0% compare
- 220 Guinea-Bissau 76.7% compare
- 221 Sierra Leone 75.6% compare
More environment data for Tanzania
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 102.53 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.5 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 43.66 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 5.56 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 6.87 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0551 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 59.72 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0064 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0605 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 3.51 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Tanzania?
- Using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Tanzania was 77.4% 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 Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 77.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.4% in 2000.
- How does Tanzania rank for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita?
- Tanzania ranks 218th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tanzania 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.