Population using at least basic drinking-water services in Lesotho
Lesotho: Population using at least basic drinking-water services was 70.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Population using at least basic drinking-water services in Lesotho, 2000–2024
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 70.6% for population using at least basic drinking-water services in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population using at least basic drinking-water services in Lesotho peaked at 70.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 60.4%, in 2000.
Lesotho ranks 136th of 177 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 62.3% | 60.4% | 64.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 66.5% | 64.6% | 68.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 69.8% | 68.9% | 70.6% | 5 |
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More environment data for Lesotho
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 3.06 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.31 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.7882 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.2847 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.3356 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0003 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 1.6 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0002 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0038 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.1865 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population using at least basic drinking-water services in Lesotho?
- Population using at least basic drinking-water services in Lesotho was 70.6% in 2024, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest population using at least basic drinking-water services recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 70.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest population using at least basic drinking-water services recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 60.4% in 2000.
- How does Lesotho rank for population using at least basic drinking-water services?
- Lesotho ranks 136th out of 177 countries with data for 2024.
- Is population using at least basic drinking-water services rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Population using at least basic drinking-water services (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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