Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda: Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services was 99.0% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Antigua and Barbuda, 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 of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Antigua and Barbuda is 99.0%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Antigua and Barbuda peaked at 99.0% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 97.0%, in 2000.
Antigua and Barbuda ranks 53rd of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 97.4% | 97.0% | 97.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.4% | 98.0% | 98.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.0% | 99.0% | 99.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Antigua and Barbuda
More environment data for Antigua and Barbuda
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 0.4269 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 4.55 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.0125 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.0577 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0002 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0005 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.0443 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Antigua and Barbuda was 99.0% 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 the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?
- The highest recorded value was 99.0% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?
- The lowest recorded value was 97.0% in 2000.
- How does Antigua and Barbuda rank for share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services?
- Antigua and Barbuda ranks 53rd out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services rising or falling in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Antigua and Barbuda 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 the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services. 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.