People not using improved drinking water sources in Cuba
Cuba: People not using improved drinking water sources was 239,315 people in 2024. ▼ Falling
People not using improved drinking water sources in Cuba, 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
Cuba recorded 239,315 people for people not using improved drinking water sources in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.5% on the previous year and down 37.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people not using improved drinking water sources in Cuba peaked at 583,597 people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 239,315 people, in 2024.
Cuba ranks 79th of 231 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 517,428 people | 452,671 people | 583,597 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 374,629 people | 311,021 people | 438,259 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 267,689 people | 239,315 people | 296,798 people | 5 |
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More environment data for Cuba
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 35.99 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.28 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 6.42 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0301 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.4188 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0276 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 11.76 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0173 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0062 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 4.84 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people not using improved drinking water sources in Cuba?
- People not using improved drinking water sources in Cuba was 239,315 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 Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 583,597 people in 2000.
- What is the lowest people not using improved drinking water sources recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 239,315 people in 2024.
- How does Cuba rank for people not using improved drinking water sources?
- Cuba ranks 79th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people not using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cuba 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.