Share using safely managed drinking water in Guyana
Guyana: Share using safely managed drinking water was 67.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share using safely managed drinking water in Guyana, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share using safely managed drinking water in Guyana is 67.2%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share using safely managed drinking water in Guyana peaked at 67.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 62.7%, in 2000.
Guyana ranks 104th of 163 countries on this measure, 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 | 63.6% | 62.7% | 64.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 65.5% | 64.5% | 66.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 67.0% | 66.7% | 67.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guyana
- 101 Algeria 69.0% compare
- 102 Wallis and Futuna 68.9% compare
- 103 South Africa 68.0% compare
- 105 North Korea 66.6% compare
- 106 Bhutan 65.6% compare
- 107 Honduras 65.5% compare
More environment data for Guyana
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 8.73 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 10.51 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 1.62 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0071 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 2.37 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0028 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 4.46 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0012 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0053 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.4606 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share using safely managed drinking water in Guyana?
- Share using safely managed drinking water in Guyana was 67.2% 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 using safely managed drinking water recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 67.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share using safely managed drinking water recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.7% in 2000.
- How does Guyana rank for share using safely managed drinking water?
- Guyana ranks 104th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share using safely managed drinking water rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guyana 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.