People using improved drinking water sources in Angola
Angola: People using improved drinking water sources was 4.87 million people in 2024. ▲ Rising
People using improved drinking water sources in Angola, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in people.
Analysis
Angola recorded 4.87 million people for people using improved drinking water sources in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 36.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using improved drinking water sources in Angola peaked at 4.87 million people in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.20 million people, in 2000.
That places Angola 14th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
People using improved drinking water sources in Angola, year by year
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.20 million people | — |
| 2001 | 2.25 million people | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 2.31 million people | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 2.38 million people | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 2.47 million people | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 2.55 million people | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 2.65 million people | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 2.75 million people | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 2.85 million people | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 2.96 million people | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 3.08 million people | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 3.20 million people | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 3.32 million people | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 3.45 million people | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 3.57 million people | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 3.70 million people | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 3.82 million people | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 3.95 million people | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 4.08 million people | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 4.21 million people | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 4.34 million people | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 4.47 million people | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 4.61 million people | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 4.74 million people | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 4.87 million people | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.54 million people | 2.20 million people | 2.96 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.64 million people | 3.08 million people | 4.21 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.61 million people | 4.34 million people | 4.87 million people | 5 |
Countries ranked near Angola
- 11 Mozambique 5.72 million people compare
- 12 Chad 5.71 million people compare
- 13 Uganda 5.00 million people compare
- 15 Burkina Faso 4.28 million people compare
- 16 Côte d'Ivoire 4.10 million people compare
- 17 Poland 3.81 million people compare
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.86 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.076 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.211 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.971 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity, annual growth rate -51.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity, per capita 0.0006 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export value, annual growth rate -54.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using improved drinking water sources in Angola?
- People using improved drinking water sources in Angola was 4.87 million people 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 people using improved drinking water sources recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 4.87 million people in 2024.
- What is the lowest people using improved drinking water sources recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.20 million people in 2000.
- How does Angola rank for people using improved drinking water sources?
- Angola ranks 14th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Angola 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 People using improved drinking water sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of people using only unimproved drinking water sources.