Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita was 81.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Zimbabwe, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 81.5% for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Zimbabwe peaked at 81.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 76.2%, in 2000.
That places Zimbabwe 213th 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 | 77.1% | 76.2% | 78.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 79.1% | 78.2% | 80.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 80.9% | 80.4% | 81.5% | 5 |
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More environment data for Zimbabwe
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 30.78 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.85 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 9.2 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 1.05 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.9067 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0093 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 12.79 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0022 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0156 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.6 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Zimbabwe?
- Using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Zimbabwe was 81.5% 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 Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 81.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 76.2% in 2000.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita?
- Zimbabwe ranks 213th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.