People using at least a basic drinking water source in El Salvador
El Salvador: People using at least a basic drinking water source was 5.81 million people in 2024. ▲ Rising
People using at least a basic drinking water source in El Salvador, 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 using at least a basic drinking water source in El Salvador is 5.81 million people, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using at least a basic drinking water source in El Salvador peaked at 5.81 million people in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4.98 million people, in 2009.
El Salvador ranks 110th of 231 countries on this measure, 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 | 5.15 million people | 4.98 million people | 5.28 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.30 million people | 4.99 million people | 5.56 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.71 million people | 5.61 million people | 5.81 million people | 5 |
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More environment data for El Salvador
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 14.75 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 2.33 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 1.57 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0416 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0006 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0023 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 3.79 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0137 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0224 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 2.14 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using at least a basic drinking water source in El Salvador?
- People using at least a basic drinking water source in El Salvador was 5.81 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 using at least a basic drinking water source recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 5.81 million people in 2024.
- What is the lowest people using at least a basic drinking water source recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.98 million people in 2009.
- How does El Salvador rank for people using at least a basic drinking water source?
- El Salvador ranks 110th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using at least a basic drinking water source rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador 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 using at least a basic drinking water source. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of people using an improved drinking water source, which is either available on premises, or collection time is no more than 30 minutes for a roundtrip.