Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Gambia
Gambia: Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services was 78.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Gambia, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Gambia recorded 78.4% for share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Gambia peaked at 78.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 62.3%, in 2000.
Gambia ranks 127th 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 | 65.3% | 62.3% | 68.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 72.1% | 69.0% | 75.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 77.2% | 75.9% | 78.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
More environment data for Gambia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 1.86 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.6737 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.5387 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0956 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.2132 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 1.15 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0018 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.3024 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Gambia?
- Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Gambia was 78.4% 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 Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 78.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.3% in 2000.
- How does Gambia rank for share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services?
- Gambia ranks 127th 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 Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gambia 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.