Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Tunisia
Tunisia: Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita was 98.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Tunisia, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Tunisia is 98.6%, measured 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 Tunisia peaked at 98.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 92.8%, in 2000.
Tunisia ranks 121st of 231 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 94.1% | 92.8% | 95.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 96.6% | 95.5% | 97.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.2% | 97.8% | 98.6% | 5 |
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- 118 Vietnam 98.8% compare
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- 123 Sao Tome and Principe 98.4% compare
- 124 Nauru 98.4% compare
More environment data for Tunisia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 44.62 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.63 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 2.49 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.2784 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 2.16 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0039 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 8.36 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0172 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0491 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 3.36 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Tunisia?
- Using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Tunisia was 98.6% 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 Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 98.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 92.8% in 2000.
- How does Tunisia rank for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita?
- Tunisia ranks 121st out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tunisia 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.