People not using improved drinking water sources in Haiti
Haiti: People not using improved drinking water sources was 1.83 million people in 2024. ▼ Falling
People not using improved drinking water sources in Haiti, 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 Haiti stood at 1.83 million people. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.3% on the previous year and down 25.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people not using improved drinking water sources in Haiti peaked at 3.24 million people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1.83 million people, in 2024.
That places Haiti 40th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.98 million people | 2.75 million people | 3.24 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.42 million people | 2.15 million people | 2.69 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.96 million people | 1.83 million people | 2.09 million people | 5 |
Countries ranked near Haiti
More environment data for Haiti
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 13.78 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.17 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 3.22 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.7589 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 3.68 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0037 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 8.85 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0009 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0062 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.17 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people not using improved drinking water sources in Haiti?
- People not using improved drinking water sources in Haiti was 1.83 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 Haiti?
- The highest recorded value was 3.24 million people in 2000.
- What is the lowest people not using improved drinking water sources recorded in Haiti?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.83 million people in 2024.
- How does Haiti rank for people not using improved drinking water sources?
- Haiti ranks 40th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people not using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Haiti?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Haiti 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.