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

Latest (2024)
4.10 million people
Change on year
up 1.4%
World rank
16th
of 231 countries
All-time high
4.10 million people
in 2024
All-time low
2.82 million people
in 2000
Years of data
25
2000–2024

People using improved drinking water sources in Côte d'Ivoire, 2000–2024

01.0M2.0M3.0M4.0M2000201220242000: 2.8M people2001: 2.9M people2002: 2.9M people2003: 3.0M people2004: 3.0M people2005: 3.1M people2006: 3.1M people2007: 3.2M people2008: 3.2M people2009: 3.2M people2010: 3.3M people2011: 3.3M people2012: 3.4M people2013: 3.4M people2014: 3.5M people2015: 3.5M people2016: 3.6M people2017: 3.7M people2018: 3.7M people2019: 3.8M people2020: 3.9M people2021: 3.9M people2022: 4.0M people2023: 4.0M people2024: 4.1M people

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

Annual values for People using improved drinking water sources in Côte d'Ivoire, 2000 to 2024.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 13 Uganda 5.00 million people compare
  2. 14 Angola 4.87 million people compare
  3. 15 Burkina Faso 4.28 million people compare
  4. 17 Poland 3.81 million people compare
  5. 18 Kenya 3.77 million people compare
  6. 19 Afghanistan 3.77 million people compare

See the full ranking of 231 places →

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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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Indicator
People using improved drinking water sources
Unit
people
Source
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
231 places, 5,586 data points, 2000–2024
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