Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Zambia
Zambia: Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita was 80.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Zambia, 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 Zambia stood at 80.5%. 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 17.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Zambia peaked at 80.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 50.0%, in 2000.
Zambia ranks 214th of 231 countries on this measure, 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 | 56.0% | 50.0% | 62.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 69.0% | 63.4% | 74.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 78.1% | 75.8% | 80.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 211 Togo 82.3% compare
- 212 Burkina Faso 81.8% compare
- 213 Zimbabwe 81.5% compare
- 215 Angola 79.1% compare
- 216 Solomon Islands 77.8% compare
- 217 South Sudan 77.6% compare
More environment data for Zambia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 38.52 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.81 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 6.39 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 2.21 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 8.56 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0539 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 18.28 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0026 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0155 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.04 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Zambia?
- Using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Zambia was 80.5% 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 80.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.0% in 2000.
- How does Zambia rank for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita?
- Zambia ranks 214th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia 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.