People not using improved drinking water sources in Angola
Angola: People not using improved drinking water sources was 7.91 million people in 2024. ▲ Rising
People not using improved drinking water sources in Angola, 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
In 2024, people not using improved drinking water sources in Angola stood at 7.91 million people.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people not using improved drinking water sources in Angola peaked at 8.17 million people in 2017 and was at its lowest, 7.23 million people, in 2000.
Angola ranks 13th 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 not using improved drinking water sources in Angola, year by year
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.23 million people | — |
| 2001 | 7.36 million people | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 7.50 million people | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 7.52 million people | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 7.55 million people | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 7.57 million people | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 7.64 million people | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 7.71 million people | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 7.77 million people | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 7.84 million people | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 7.90 million people | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 7.97 million people | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 8.03 million people | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 8.08 million people | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 8.12 million people | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 8.15 million people | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 8.16 million people | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 8.17 million people | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 8.17 million people | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 8.16 million people | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 8.13 million people | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 8.09 million people | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 8.04 million people | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 7.98 million people | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 7.91 million people | -0.9% |
Angola compared with similar countries
- Angola's 7.91 million people is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 912,712 people, 8.7× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Angola's 7.91 million people is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.99 million people, 4.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.57 million people | 7.23 million people | 7.84 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.09 million people | 7.90 million people | 8.17 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.03 million people | 7.91 million people | 8.13 million people | 5 |
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More environment data for Angola
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.86 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.076 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.211 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.971 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.8333 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people not using improved drinking water sources in Angola?
- People not using improved drinking water sources in Angola was 7.91 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 not using improved drinking water sources recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 8.17 million people in 2017.
- What is the lowest people not using improved drinking water sources recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.23 million people in 2000.
- How does Angola rank for people not using improved drinking water sources?
- Angola ranks 13th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people not using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Angola 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 not using improved drinking water sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of people not using improved drinking water sources. These people might use surface water sources or unprotected springs or wells, as no safe and reliable improved drinking water source is available to them.