People not using improved drinking water sources in Kenya
Kenya: People not using improved drinking water sources was 14.46 million people in 2024. ▬ Flat
People not using improved drinking water sources in Kenya, 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
The most recent figure for people not using improved drinking water sources in Kenya is 14.46 million people, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people not using improved drinking water sources in Kenya peaked at 15.99 million people in 2012 and was at its lowest, 14.46 million people, in 2024.
That places Kenya 7th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.31 million people | 14.68 million people | 15.86 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.80 million people | 15.38 million people | 15.99 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.85 million people | 14.46 million people | 15.22 million people | 5 |
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More environment data for Kenya
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 102.84 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.82 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 50.02 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 3.41 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 7.97 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0511 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 64.93 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0034 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0653 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 3.4 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people not using improved drinking water sources in Kenya?
- People not using improved drinking water sources in Kenya was 14.46 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 Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 15.99 million people in 2012.
- What is the lowest people not using improved drinking water sources recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.46 million people in 2024.
- How does Kenya rank for people not using improved drinking water sources?
- Kenya ranks 7th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people not using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Kenya 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.