People not using improved drinking water sources in Botswana
Botswana: People not using improved drinking water sources was 99,629 people in 2024. ▲ Rising
People not using improved drinking water sources in Botswana, 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 Botswana stood at 99,629 people. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 24.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people not using improved drinking water sources in Botswana peaked at 99,629 people in 2024 and was at its lowest, 65,674 people, in 2000.
Botswana ranks 95th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 70,754 people | 65,674 people | 74,606 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 80,974 people | 75,264 people | 88,047 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 94,652 people | 90,013 people | 99,629 people | 5 |
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More environment data for Botswana
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 12.1 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 4.8 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 1.51 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.237 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.07 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0012 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 3.36 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0185 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.5204 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people not using improved drinking water sources in Botswana?
- People not using improved drinking water sources in Botswana was 99,629 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 Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 99,629 people in 2024.
- What is the lowest people not using improved drinking water sources recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 65,674 people in 2000.
- How does Botswana rank for people not using improved drinking water sources?
- Botswana ranks 95th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people not using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana 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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About this data
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.