Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services was 98.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Bangladesh, 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 Bangladesh is 98.8%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Bangladesh peaked at 98.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 93.6%, in 2000.
That places Bangladesh 54th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 94.5% | 93.6% | 95.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 96.8% | 95.7% | 97.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.5% | 98.1% | 98.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More environment data for Bangladesh
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 220.83 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.27 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 47.41 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 3.57 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 2.2 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0339 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 70.46 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0703 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.1507 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 17.03 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Bangladesh?
- Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Bangladesh was 98.8% 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 Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 98.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 93.6% in 2000.
- How does Bangladesh rank for share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services?
- Bangladesh ranks 54th 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 Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bangladesh 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.