People using improved drinking water sources in Egypt
Egypt: People using improved drinking water sources was 2.25 million people in 2024. ▲ Rising
People using improved drinking water sources in Egypt, 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
The most recent figure for people using improved drinking water sources in Egypt is 2.25 million people, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.9% on the previous year and up 71.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using improved drinking water sources in Egypt peaked at 2.25 million people in 2024 and was at its lowest, 373,154 people, in 2000.
Egypt ranks 28th of 231 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
People using improved drinking water sources in Egypt, year by year
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 373,154 people | — |
| 2001 | 425,391 people | +14.0% |
| 2002 | 479,579 people | +12.7% |
| 2003 | 535,812 people | +11.7% |
| 2004 | 594,009 people | +10.9% |
| 2005 | 654,106 people | +10.1% |
| 2006 | 715,891 people | +9.4% |
| 2007 | 779,616 people | +8.9% |
| 2008 | 845,529 people | +8.5% |
| 2009 | 913,840 people | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 984,762 people | +7.8% |
| 2011 | 1.06 million people | +7.6% |
| 2012 | 1.14 million people | +7.5% |
| 2013 | 1.22 million people | +7.4% |
| 2014 | 1.31 million people | +7.1% |
| 2015 | 1.40 million people | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 1.49 million people | +6.4% |
| 2017 | 1.58 million people | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 1.67 million people | +5.9% |
| 2019 | 1.77 million people | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 1.86 million people | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 1.95 million people | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 2.05 million people | +4.9% |
| 2023 | 2.15 million people | +4.9% |
| 2024 | 2.25 million people | +4.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 631,693 people | 373,154 people | 913,840 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.36 million people | 984,762 people | 1.77 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.05 million people | 1.86 million people | 2.25 million people | 5 |
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More environment data for Egypt
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -20.54 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -13.21 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.361 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity, per capita 0.0002 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, annual growth rate 69.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, per capita 0 1000 USD per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using improved drinking water sources in Egypt?
- People using improved drinking water sources in Egypt was 2.25 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 2.25 million people in 2024.
- What is the lowest people using improved drinking water sources recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 373,154 people in 2000.
- How does Egypt rank for people using improved drinking water sources?
- Egypt ranks 28th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 71.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.