Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water in Senegal
Senegal: Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water was 27.2% in 2024. β² Rising
Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water in Senegal, 2000β2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of population using safely managed drinking water in Senegal is 27.2%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of population using safely managed drinking water in Senegal peaked at 27.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 20.0%, in 2000.
Senegal ranks 131st of 147 countries on this measure, 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 | 21.3% | 20.0% | 22.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.3% | 22.9% | 25.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.6% | 26.0% | 27.2% | 5 |
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- 128 Nigeria 29.9% compare
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- 133 Guinea-Bissau 24.0% compare
- 134 Madagascar, Republic of 22.1% compare
More environment data for Senegal
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.432 Β°C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.48 Β°C (2025)
- Recovered paper β Production 0 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish β Production 0 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import value 1,551 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import quantity 517 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export value 1,462 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export quantity 1,909 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Import value 54,792 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of population using safely managed drinking water in Senegal?
- Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water in Senegal was 27.2% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of population using safely managed drinking water recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 27.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of population using safely managed drinking water recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.0% in 2000.
- How does Senegal rank for proportion of population using safely managed drinking water?
- Senegal ranks 131st out of 147 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of population using safely managed drinking water rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services, by urban/rural (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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