Share using safely managed drinking water in Uganda
Uganda: Share using safely managed drinking water was 18.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share using safely managed drinking water in Uganda, 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 Uganda is 18.1%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 61.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share using safely managed drinking water in Uganda peaked at 18.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.6%, in 2000.
That places Uganda 154th 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 | 5.0% | 2.6% | 7.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.6% | 8.3% | 15.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.9% | 15.8% | 18.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More environment data for Uganda
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 57.3 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.15 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 20.51 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 3.96 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 9.27 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.2833 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 38.19 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0052 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0269 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 4.15 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share using safely managed drinking water in Uganda?
- Share using safely managed drinking water in Uganda was 18.1% 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 using safely managed drinking water recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 18.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share using safely managed drinking water recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6% in 2000.
- How does Uganda rank for share using safely managed drinking water?
- Uganda ranks 154th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share using safely managed drinking water rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.