Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Armenia
Armenia: Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source was 99.9% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Armenia, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Armenia recorded 99.9% 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.
That represents a change of up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Armenia peaked at 99.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 95.7%, in 2000.
Armenia ranks 49th of 231 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 96.7% | 95.7% | 97.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.9% | 98.0% | 99.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.7% | 99.5% | 99.9% | 5 |
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More environment data for Armenia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 10.78 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.55 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 1.26 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0723 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.3453 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 2.46 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.002 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.019 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.7595 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Armenia?
- Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Armenia was 99.9% 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 Armenia?
- The highest recorded value was 99.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of population using at least a basic drinking water source recorded in Armenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 95.7% in 2000.
- How does Armenia rank for share of population using at least a basic drinking water source?
- Armenia ranks 49th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of population using at least a basic drinking water source rising or falling in Armenia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Armenia 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.