People using improved drinking water sources in Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire: People using improved drinking water sources was 4.10 million people in 2024. ▲ Rising
People using improved drinking water sources in Côte d'Ivoire, 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
Côte d'Ivoire recorded 4.10 million people for people using improved drinking water sources in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using improved drinking water sources in Côte d'Ivoire peaked at 4.10 million people in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.82 million people, in 2000.
Côte d'Ivoire ranks 16th of 231 countries on this measure, 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 Côte d'Ivoire, year by year
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.82 million people | — |
| 2001 | 2.87 million people | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 2.92 million people | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 2.97 million people | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 3.02 million people | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 3.06 million people | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 3.11 million people | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 3.16 million people | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 3.20 million people | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 3.24 million people | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 3.29 million people | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 3.33 million people | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 3.37 million people | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 3.41 million people | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 3.46 million people | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 3.53 million people | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 3.60 million people | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 3.67 million people | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 3.74 million people | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 3.80 million people | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 3.86 million people | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 3.92 million people | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 3.98 million people | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 4.04 million people | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 4.10 million people | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.04 million people | 2.82 million people | 3.24 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.52 million people | 3.29 million people | 3.80 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.98 million people | 3.86 million people | 4.10 million people | 5 |
Countries ranked near Côte d'Ivoire
More environment data for Côte d'Ivoire
- Cooling Degree Days 5,798 (2024)
- Total fisheries production 95,130 metric tons (2024)
- Capture fisheries production 85,494 metric tons (2024)
- Aquaculture production 9,636 metric tons (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste 0.329 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0905 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0112 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 3.06 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes 0.4019 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0034 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using improved drinking water sources in Côte d'Ivoire?
- People using improved drinking water sources in Côte d'Ivoire was 4.10 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 Côte d'Ivoire?
- The highest recorded value was 4.10 million people in 2024.
- What is the lowest people using improved drinking water sources recorded in Côte d'Ivoire?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.82 million people in 2000.
- How does Côte d'Ivoire rank for people using improved drinking water sources?
- Côte d'Ivoire ranks 16th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Côte d'Ivoire?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Côte d'Ivoire 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.