Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Dominica
Dominica: Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services was 96.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Dominica, 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 Dominica is 96.6%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% 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 Dominica peaked at 96.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 91.6%, in 2000.
That places Dominica 70th 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 | 92.5% | 91.6% | 93.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 94.6% | 93.7% | 95.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.2% | 95.8% | 96.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominica
- 68 Bosnia and Herzegovina 97.3% compare
- 69 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 97.0% compare
- 71 Suriname 96.6% compare
- 72 Uzbekistan 96.4% compare
- 73 Egypt 96.3% compare
More environment data for Dominica
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 0.1524 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 2.3 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.0272 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0006 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.002 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.0565 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.0264 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Dominica?
- Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Dominica was 96.6% 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 Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 96.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 91.6% in 2000.
- How does Dominica rank for share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services?
- Dominica ranks 70th 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 Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominica 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.