Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Barbados
Barbados: Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source was 99.2% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Barbados, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 99.2% 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.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Barbados peaked at 99.2% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 98.1%, in 2000.
Barbados ranks 88th of 231 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 98.3% | 98.1% | 98.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.8% | 98.5% | 99.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.1% | 99.0% | 99.2% | 5 |
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More environment data for Barbados
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 0.9121 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.23 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.0279 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0006 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0155 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.1624 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.1171 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Barbados?
- Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Barbados was 99.2% 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 Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 99.2% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of population using at least a basic drinking water source recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 98.1% in 2000.
- How does Barbados rank for share of population using at least a basic drinking water source?
- Barbados ranks 88th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of population using at least a basic drinking water source rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Barbados 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.