Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services was 52.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Guinea-Bissau, 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 Guinea-Bissau stood at 52.6%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 52.6% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 42.7%, in 2000.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 162nd of 178 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 45.2% | 42.7% | 47.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 50.0% | 48.0% | 51.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 52.5% | 52.2% | 52.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau
More environment data for Guinea-Bissau
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 3.19 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.45 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 1.38 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.3269 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.2417 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0003 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 2.3 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0013 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.3567 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Guinea-Bissau?
- Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Guinea-Bissau was 52.6% 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 Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 52.6% in 2021.
- What is the lowest share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.7% in 2000.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 162nd 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 Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau 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.