People not using improved drinking water sources in Cote d'Ivoire

Cote d'Ivoire: People not using improved drinking water sources was 5.04 million people in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
5.04 million people
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
18th
of 231 countries
All-time high
5.04 million people
in 2024
All-time low
3.95 million people
in 2000
Years of data
25
2000–2024

People not using improved drinking water sources in Cote d'Ivoire, 2000–2024

02.0M4.0M6.0M2000201220242000: 3.9M people2001: 4.0M people2002: 4.0M people2003: 4.1M people2004: 4.1M people2005: 4.2M people2006: 4.2M people2007: 4.3M people2008: 4.3M people2009: 4.3M people2010: 4.4M people2011: 4.4M people2012: 4.4M people2013: 4.5M people2014: 4.5M people2015: 4.6M people2016: 4.6M people2017: 4.7M people2018: 4.8M people2019: 4.8M people2020: 4.9M people2021: 4.9M people2022: 4.9M people2023: 5.0M people2024: 5.0M people

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in people.

Analysis

Cote d'Ivoire recorded 5.04 million people for people not using improved drinking water sources in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.

The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 12.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, people not using improved drinking water sources in Cote d'Ivoire peaked at 5.04 million people in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.95 million people, in 2000.

That places Cote d'Ivoire 18th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 4.15 million people 3.95 million people 4.33 million people 10
2010s 4.56 million people 4.37 million people 4.80 million people 10
2020s 4.95 million people 4.85 million people 5.04 million people 5

Countries ranked near Cote d'Ivoire

  1. 15 Chad 7.15 million people compare
  2. 16 Uganda 6.95 million people compare
  3. 17 Afghanistan 6.49 million people compare
  4. 19 Burkina Faso 4.30 million people compare
  5. 20 Papua New Guinea 4.17 million people compare
  6. 21 Zambia 4.16 million people compare

See the full ranking of 231 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is people not using improved drinking water sources in Cote d'Ivoire?
People not using improved drinking water sources in Cote d'Ivoire was 5.04 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 Cote d'Ivoire?
The highest recorded value was 5.04 million people in 2024.
What is the lowest people not using improved drinking water sources recorded in Cote d'Ivoire?
The lowest recorded value was 3.95 million people in 2000.
How does Cote d'Ivoire rank for people not using improved drinking water sources?
Cote d'Ivoire ranks 18th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
Is people not using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Cote d'Ivoire?
Over the last ten years it is up 12.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Cote d'Ivoire 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

Indicator
People not using improved drinking water sources
Unit
people
Source
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
231 places, 5,586 data points, 2000–2024
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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.