People not using safely managed drinking water sources in Tanzania
Tanzania: People not using safely managed drinking water sources was 47.08 million people in 2024. ▲ Rising
People not using safely managed drinking water sources in Tanzania, 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
Tanzania recorded 47.08 million people for people not using safely managed drinking water sources in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 16.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people not using safely managed drinking water sources in Tanzania peaked at 47.08 million people in 2024 and was at its lowest, 33.82 million people, in 2000.
Tanzania ranks 10th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 37.30 million people | 33.82 million people | 39.67 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 41.19 million people | 39.84 million people | 43.10 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 45.32 million people | 43.55 million people | 47.08 million people | 5 |
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More environment data for Tanzania
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 102.53 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.5 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 43.66 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 5.56 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 6.87 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0551 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 59.72 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0064 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0605 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 3.51 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people not using safely managed drinking water sources in Tanzania?
- People not using safely managed drinking water sources in Tanzania was 47.08 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 Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 47.08 million people in 2024.
- What is the lowest people not using safely managed drinking water sources recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.82 million people in 2000.
- How does Tanzania rank for people not using safely managed drinking water sources?
- Tanzania ranks 10th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people not using safely managed drinking water sources rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tanzania 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.