Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Central African Republic
Central African Republic: Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services was 27.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Central African 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
Central African Republic recorded 27.4% for share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 16.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Central African Republic peaked at 44.4% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 27.4%, in 2021.
Central African Republic ranks 177th of 178 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 40.5% | 36.7% | 44.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.3% | 28.8% | 35.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.5% | 27.4% | 28.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central African Republic
- 174 South Sudan 32.5% compare
- 175 Equatorial Guinea 30.8% compare
- 176 Eritrea 27.8% compare
- 178 Democratic Republic of Congo 13.8% compare
More environment data for Central African Republic
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 13.44 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 2.52 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 6.45 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.6842 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.6692 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0006 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 8.25 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0002 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0012 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.4427 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Central African Republic?
- Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Central African Republic was 27.4% 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 Central African Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 44.4% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in Central African Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.4% in 2021.
- How does Central African Republic rank for share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services?
- Central African Republic ranks 177th 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 Central African Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Central African 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 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.