Share using safely managed drinking water in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Share using safely managed drinking water was 45.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share using safely managed drinking water in Dominican Republic, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 45.3% for share using safely managed drinking water in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share using safely managed drinking water in Dominican Republic peaked at 45.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 42.1%, in 2000.
That places Dominican Republic 128th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 42.8% | 42.1% | 43.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 44.4% | 43.8% | 44.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 45.2% | 45.0% | 45.3% | 5 |
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More environment data for Dominican Republic
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 51.58 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 4.51 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 6.7 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.1864 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.4035 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0123 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 12.18 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0093 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0379 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 4.83 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share using safely managed drinking water in Dominican Republic?
- Share using safely managed drinking water in Dominican Republic was 45.3% 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 using safely managed drinking water recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 45.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share using safely managed drinking water recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.1% in 2000.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for share using safely managed drinking water?
- Dominican Republic ranks 128th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share using safely managed drinking water rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominican Republic 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 using safely managed drinking water. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of people using an improved drinking water source that is located on premises, available when needed and free from faecal and priority chemical contamination.