People using improved drinking water sources in Comoros
Comoros: People using improved drinking water sources was 30,424 people in 2024. ▼ Falling
People using improved drinking water sources in Comoros, 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
Comoros recorded 30,424 people for people using improved drinking water sources in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using improved drinking water sources in Comoros peaked at 38,781 people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 30,424 people, in 2024.
Comoros ranks 107th 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 Comoros, year by year
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 38,781 people | — |
| 2001 | 38,761 people | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 38,748 people | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 38,644 people | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 38,512 people | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 38,416 people | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 38,292 people | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 38,137 people | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 37,958 people | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 37,754 people | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 37,524 people | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 37,271 people | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 36,992 people | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 36,720 people | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 36,435 people | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 36,089 people | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 35,683 people | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 35,214 people | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 34,688 people | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 34,105 people | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 33,487 people | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 32,822 people | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 32,088 people | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 31,292 people | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 30,424 people | -2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 38,400 people | 37,754 people | 38,781 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 36,072 people | 34,105 people | 37,524 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,023 people | 30,424 people | 33,487 people | 5 |
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More environment data for Comoros
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -9.29 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.9 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.264 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.59 °C (2025)
- Plywood and LVL — Import quantity, annual growth rate 0.625 % 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 0.0032 m3 per person (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import value, annual growth rate -23.72 % 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 Comoros?
- People using improved drinking water sources in Comoros was 30,424 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 Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 38,781 people in 2000.
- What is the lowest people using improved drinking water sources recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 30,424 people in 2024.
- How does Comoros rank for people using improved drinking water sources?
- Comoros ranks 107th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Comoros 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.