Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in El Salvador
El Salvador: Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services was 80.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in El Salvador, 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 El Salvador is 80.4%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in El Salvador peaked at 80.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 63.3%, in 2010.
El Salvador ranks 122nd of 178 countries on this measure, 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 | 70.1% | 64.8% | 73.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 69.7% | 63.3% | 76.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 79.1% | 77.6% | 80.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More environment data for El Salvador
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 14.75 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 2.33 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 1.57 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0416 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0006 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0023 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 3.79 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0137 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0224 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 2.14 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in El Salvador?
- Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in El Salvador was 80.4% 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 El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 80.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.3% in 2010.
- How does El Salvador rank for share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services?
- El Salvador ranks 122nd 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 El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador 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.