Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Comoros
Comoros: Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source was 85.1% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Comoros, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Comoros recorded 85.1% for share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Comoros peaked at 87.5% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 85.1%, in 2024.
Comoros ranks 187th of 231 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 87.1% | 86.7% | 87.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 86.1% | 85.6% | 86.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 85.3% | 85.1% | 85.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Comoros
More environment data for Comoros
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 0.9494 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.1 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.0725 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0457 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.1528 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.4388 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0017 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.1658 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Comoros?
- Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Comoros was 85.1% 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 Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 87.5% in 2001.
- What is the lowest share of population using at least a basic drinking water source recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 85.1% in 2024.
- How does Comoros rank for share of population using at least a basic drinking water source?
- Comoros ranks 187th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of population using at least a basic drinking water source rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Comoros 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.