People using improved drinking water sources in Belarus
Belarus: People using improved drinking water sources was 9,867 people in 2024. ▼ Falling
People using improved drinking water sources in Belarus, 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
Belarus recorded 9,867 people for people using improved drinking water sources in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.6% on the previous year and down 63.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using improved drinking water sources in Belarus peaked at 55,248 people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 9,867 people, in 2024.
Belarus ranks 121st of 231 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
People using improved drinking water sources in Belarus, year by year
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 55,248 people | — |
| 2001 | 54,508 people | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 53,726 people | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 52,916 people | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 50,120 people | -5.3% |
| 2005 | 47,414 people | -5.4% |
| 2006 | 44,813 people | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 42,292 people | -5.6% |
| 2008 | 39,824 people | -5.8% |
| 2009 | 37,504 people | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 35,297 people | -5.9% |
| 2011 | 33,111 people | -6.2% |
| 2012 | 31,031 people | -6.3% |
| 2013 | 29,061 people | -6.4% |
| 2014 | 27,172 people | -6.5% |
| 2015 | 25,383 people | -6.6% |
| 2016 | 23,630 people | -6.9% |
| 2017 | 21,868 people | -7.5% |
| 2018 | 20,100 people | -8.1% |
| 2019 | 18,342 people | -8.7% |
| 2020 | 16,578 people | -9.6% |
| 2021 | 14,794 people | -10.8% |
| 2022 | 13,066 people | -11.7% |
| 2023 | 11,419 people | -12.6% |
| 2024 | 9,867 people | -13.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 47,837 people | 37,504 people | 55,248 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,499 people | 18,342 people | 35,297 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,145 people | 9,867 people | 16,578 people | 5 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.1993 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.869 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.57 °C (2025)
- Plywood and LVL — Import quantity, annual growth rate 427.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import quantity, per capita 0.0001 m3 per person (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import value, annual growth rate 57.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import 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 Belarus?
- People using improved drinking water sources in Belarus was 9,867 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 Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 55,248 people in 2000.
- What is the lowest people using improved drinking water sources recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,867 people in 2024.
- How does Belarus rank for people using improved drinking water sources?
- Belarus ranks 121st out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 63.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belarus 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.