People not using improved drinking water sources in Mongolia
Mongolia: People not using improved drinking water sources was 293,365 people in 2024. ▼ Falling
People not using improved drinking water sources in Mongolia, 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
Mongolia recorded 293,365 people for people not using improved drinking water sources in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 6.3% on the previous year and down 33.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people not using improved drinking water sources in Mongolia peaked at 756,605 people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 293,365 people, in 2024.
That places Mongolia 78th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 631,762 people | 512,387 people | 756,605 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 437,070 people | 383,254 people | 489,138 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 331,382 people | 293,365 people | 367,787 people | 5 |
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More environment data for Mongolia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 104.36 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 29.61 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 18.68 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.2848 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 44.99 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 64.5 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0051 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0127 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.5127 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people not using improved drinking water sources in Mongolia?
- People not using improved drinking water sources in Mongolia was 293,365 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 Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 756,605 people in 2000.
- What is the lowest people not using improved drinking water sources recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 293,365 people in 2024.
- How does Mongolia rank for people not using improved drinking water sources?
- Mongolia ranks 78th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people not using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.