Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Egypt
Egypt: Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services was 96.3% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Egypt, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Egypt stood at 96.3%. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Egypt peaked at 98.5% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 96.3%, in 2024.
Egypt ranks 73rd of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 98.1% | 97.7% | 98.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 97.1% | 96.7% | 97.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.5% | 96.3% | 96.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More environment data for Egypt
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 386.6 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.32 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 13.4 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.4584 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 20.66 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0674 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 57.53 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.1169 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.5385 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 22.26 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Egypt?
- Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Egypt was 96.3% 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 98.5% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 96.3% in 2024.
- How does Egypt rank for share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services?
- Egypt ranks 73rd 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 Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Egypt 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.