People using improved drinking water sources in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: People using improved drinking water sources was 85,421 people in 2024. ▲ Rising
People using improved drinking water sources in Saudi Arabia, 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
Saudi Arabia recorded 85,421 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 2.2% on the previous year and up 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using improved drinking water sources in Saudi Arabia peaked at 85,421 people in 2024 and was at its lowest, 39,823 people, in 2000.
Saudi Arabia ranks 88th of 231 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
People using improved drinking water sources in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 39,823 people | — |
| 2001 | 41,988 people | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 44,171 people | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 46,374 people | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 48,598 people | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 50,844 people | +4.6% |
| 2006 | 53,115 people | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 55,418 people | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 57,747 people | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 60,106 people | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 62,493 people | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 64,906 people | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 67,344 people | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 69,805 people | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 72,290 people | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 74,791 people | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 76,713 people | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 76,942 people | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 75,967 people | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 76,304 people | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 77,671 people | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 78,586 people | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 80,782 people | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 83,591 people | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 85,421 people | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 49,818 people | 39,823 people | 60,106 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 71,756 people | 62,493 people | 76,942 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 81,210 people | 77,671 people | 85,421 people | 5 |
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More environment data for Saudi Arabia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -52.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -27.86 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.424 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.58 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Production, per capita 0 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, annual growth rate 13.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, per capita 0.0481 m3 per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using improved drinking water sources in Saudi Arabia?
- People using improved drinking water sources in Saudi Arabia was 85,421 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 85,421 people in 2024.
- What is the lowest people using improved drinking water sources recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 39,823 people in 2000.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for people using improved drinking water sources?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 88th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.