Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Angola
Angola: Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source was 68.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Angola, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Angola recorded 68.0% for share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 19.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Angola peaked at 68.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 37.8%, in 2000.
That places Angola 210th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 43.0% | 37.8% | 49.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 57.8% | 50.9% | 64.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 66.5% | 64.9% | 68.0% | 5 |
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More environment data for Angola
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 69.92 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.85 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 7.25 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 1.77 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 21.75 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0059 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 34.32 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0048 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0542 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 3.49 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Angola?
- Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Angola was 68.0% 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 share of population using at least a basic drinking water source recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 68.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of population using at least a basic drinking water source recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.8% in 2000.
- How does Angola rank for share of population using at least a basic drinking water source?
- Angola ranks 210th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of population using at least a basic drinking water source rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Angola 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 Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of people who use an improved drinking water source, which is either located on their premises, or at a collection point, which takes no more than 30 minutes for a roundtrip.