Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Philippines
Philippines: Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source was 95.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Philippines, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Philippines recorded 95.9% 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 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Philippines peaked at 95.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 86.5%, in 2000.
That places Philippines 136th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 88.2% | 86.5% | 89.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 92.1% | 90.3% | 93.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 95.1% | 94.3% | 95.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Philippines
More environment data for Philippines
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 266.6 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 2.3 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 43.03 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 2.06 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 12.67 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0665 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 69.28 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0536 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.1862 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 11.21 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Philippines?
- Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Philippines was 95.9% 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 Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 95.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of population using at least a basic drinking water source recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 86.5% in 2000.
- How does Philippines rank for share of population using at least a basic drinking water source?
- Philippines ranks 136th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of population using at least a basic drinking water source rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Philippines 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.