Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services was 30.8% in 2017. ▼ Falling
Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Equatorial Guinea, 2000–2017
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Equatorial Guinea recorded 30.8% for share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 38.7% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 30.8%, in 2013.
That places Equatorial Guinea 175th out of 178 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 35.9% | 33.2% | 38.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.2% | 30.8% | 32.6% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
- 172 Angola 36.9% compare
- 173 Burkina Faso 34.4% compare
- 174 South Sudan 32.5% compare
- 176 Eritrea 27.8% compare
- 177 Central African Republic 27.4% compare
- 178 Democratic Republic of Congo 13.8% compare
More environment data for Equatorial Guinea
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 8.14 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 4.3 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.0154 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0335 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 2.55 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0006 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 3.01 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0031 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.349 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Equatorial Guinea?
- Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Equatorial Guinea was 30.8% in 2017, 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 Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 38.7% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.8% in 2013.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 175th out of 178 countries with data for 2017.
- Is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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.