People using improved drinking water sources in Israel
Israel: People using improved drinking water sources was 0.0649 people in 2024. ◆ Volatile
People using improved drinking water sources in Israel, 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
Israel recorded 0.0649 people for people using improved drinking water sources in 2024.
That represents a change of down 76.7% on the previous year and up 44.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using improved drinking water sources in Israel peaked at 0.2793 people in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0 people, in 2010.
That places Israel 188th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
People using improved drinking water sources in Israel, year by year
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.1196 people | — |
| 2001 | 0.0054 people | -95.5% |
| 2002 | 0.2124 people | +3854.5% |
| 2003 | 0.1758 people | -17.2% |
| 2004 | 0.0859 people | -51.1% |
| 2005 | 0.2505 people | +191.5% |
| 2006 | 0.2007 people | -19.9% |
| 2007 | 0.2271 people | +13.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0659 people | -71.0% |
| 2009 | 0.2358 people | +257.8% |
| 2010 | 0 people | -100.0% |
| 2011 | 0 people | — |
| 2012 | 0 people | — |
| 2013 | 0.0938 people | — |
| 2014 | 0.0449 people | -52.1% |
| 2015 | 0 people | -100.0% |
| 2016 | 0 people | — |
| 2017 | 0.064 people | — |
| 2018 | 0 people | -100.0% |
| 2019 | 0 people | — |
| 2020 | 0.2065 people | — |
| 2021 | 0 people | -100.0% |
| 2022 | 0 people | — |
| 2023 | 0.2793 people | — |
| 2024 | 0.0649 people | -76.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.1579 people | 0.0054 people | 0.2505 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0203 people | 0 people | 0.0938 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1102 people | 0 people | 0.2793 people | 5 |
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More environment data for Israel
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -15.63 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -11.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.477 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.69 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Production, per capita 0 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity, annual growth rate -11.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity, per capita 0.0111 m3 per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using improved drinking water sources in Israel?
- People using improved drinking water sources in Israel was 0.0649 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 Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2793 people in 2023.
- What is the lowest people using improved drinking water sources recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 people in 2010.
- How does Israel rank for people using improved drinking water sources?
- Israel ranks 188th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Israel 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.