People using improved drinking water sources in Guinea
Guinea: People using improved drinking water sources was 1.14 million people in 2024. ▼ Falling
People using improved drinking water sources in Guinea, 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
Guinea recorded 1.14 million people for people using improved drinking water sources in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.6% on the previous year and down 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using improved drinking water sources in Guinea peaked at 1.60 million people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1.14 million people, in 2024.
Guinea ranks 45th of 231 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
People using improved drinking water sources in Guinea, year by year
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.60 million people | — |
| 2001 | 1.58 million people | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 1.56 million people | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 1.56 million people | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 1.55 million people | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 1.54 million people | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 1.53 million people | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 1.52 million people | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 1.51 million people | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 1.50 million people | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 1.49 million people | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 1.48 million people | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 1.46 million people | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 1.45 million people | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 1.43 million people | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 1.41 million people | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 1.39 million people | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 1.37 million people | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 1.35 million people | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 1.32 million people | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 1.29 million people | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 1.26 million people | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 1.22 million people | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 1.18 million people | -3.1% |
| 2024 | 1.14 million people | -3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.55 million people | 1.50 million people | 1.60 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.41 million people | 1.32 million people | 1.49 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.22 million people | 1.14 million people | 1.29 million people | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
More environment data for Guinea
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.88 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.87 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.285 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.36 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, annual growth rate 40.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, per capita 0.0028 m3 per person (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import value, annual growth rate 11.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — 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 Guinea?
- People using improved drinking water sources in Guinea was 1.14 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 Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 1.60 million people in 2000.
- What is the lowest people using improved drinking water sources recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.14 million people in 2024.
- How does Guinea rank for people using improved drinking water sources?
- Guinea ranks 45th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guinea 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.