Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Iran
Iran: Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services was 94.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Iran, 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 Iran stood at 94.8%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Iran peaked at 94.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 87.4%, in 2000.
Iran ranks 81st 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 | 88.7% | 87.4% | 90.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 91.8% | 90.5% | 93.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 94.2% | 93.6% | 94.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iran
More environment data for Iran
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 1,055 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 11.52 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 23.95 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 1.36 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 132.92 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0799 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 175.7 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.3082 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 2.67 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 13.99 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Iran?
- Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Iran was 94.8% 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 Iran?
- The highest recorded value was 94.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in Iran?
- The lowest recorded value was 87.4% in 2000.
- How does Iran rank for share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services?
- Iran ranks 81st 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 Iran?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iran 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.