People not using safely managed drinking water sources in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: People not using safely managed drinking water sources was 6.25 million people in 2024. ▲ Rising
People not using safely managed drinking water sources in Dominican Republic, 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 safely managed drinking water sources in Dominican Republic is 6.25 million people, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people not using safely managed drinking water sources in Dominican Republic peaked at 6.25 million people in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4.97 million people, in 2000.
That places Dominican Republic 42nd out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.23 million people | 4.97 million people | 5.46 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.76 million people | 5.52 million people | 6.00 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.15 million people | 6.05 million people | 6.25 million people | 5 |
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More environment data for Dominican Republic
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 51.58 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 4.51 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 6.7 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.1864 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.4035 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0123 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 12.18 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0093 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0379 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 4.83 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people not using safely managed drinking water sources in Dominican Republic?
- People not using safely managed drinking water sources in Dominican Republic was 6.25 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 safely managed drinking water sources recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 6.25 million people in 2024.
- What is the lowest people not using safely managed drinking water sources recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.97 million people in 2000.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for people not using safely managed drinking water sources?
- Dominican Republic ranks 42nd out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people not using safely managed drinking water sources rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominican Republic 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 safely managed drinking water sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
People not using safely managed drinking water sources either use unimproved drinking water sources or the improved sources they use are not located on their premises, not available when needed, or not free of contamination.