People using improved drinking water sources in Botswana
Botswana: People using improved drinking water sources was 89,250 people in 2024. ▲ Rising
People using improved drinking water sources in Botswana, 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
Botswana recorded 89,250 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 4.8% on the previous year and up 66.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using improved drinking water sources in Botswana peaked at 89,250 people in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14,570 people, in 2000.
Botswana ranks 87th 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.
People using improved drinking water sources in Botswana, year by year
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 14,570 people | — |
| 2001 | 16,980 people | +16.5% |
| 2002 | 19,546 people | +15.1% |
| 2003 | 22,184 people | +13.5% |
| 2004 | 24,897 people | +12.2% |
| 2005 | 27,702 people | +11.3% |
| 2006 | 30,611 people | +10.5% |
| 2007 | 33,172 people | +8.4% |
| 2008 | 35,815 people | +8.0% |
| 2009 | 38,549 people | +7.6% |
| 2010 | 41,372 people | +7.3% |
| 2011 | 44,210 people | +6.9% |
| 2012 | 47,267 people | +6.9% |
| 2013 | 50,362 people | +6.5% |
| 2014 | 53,494 people | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 56,677 people | +5.9% |
| 2016 | 59,920 people | +5.7% |
| 2017 | 63,230 people | +5.5% |
| 2018 | 66,614 people | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 70,078 people | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 73,634 people | +5.1% |
| 2021 | 77,315 people | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 81,163 people | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 85,155 people | +4.9% |
| 2024 | 89,250 people | +4.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 26,402 people | 14,570 people | 38,549 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 55,322 people | 41,372 people | 70,078 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 81,303 people | 73,634 people | 89,250 people | 5 |
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More environment data for Botswana
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 6.04 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 6.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.381 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.443 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate -21.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita 0.0085 t per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate 0.335 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — 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 Botswana?
- People using improved drinking water sources in Botswana was 89,250 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 Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 89,250 people in 2024.
- What is the lowest people using improved drinking water sources recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,570 people in 2000.
- How does Botswana rank for people using improved drinking water sources?
- Botswana ranks 87th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 66.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana 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.