Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Iraq
Iraq: 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 Iraq, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 94.8% 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.
That represents a change of up 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Iraq peaked at 94.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 54.0%, in 2000.
That places Iraq 79th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 63.2% | 54.0% | 72.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 83.7% | 74.4% | 93.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 94.8% | 94.8% | 94.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
More environment data for Iraq
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 413.28 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 8.98 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 4.3 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0366 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 145.34 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0141 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 163.16 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.1325 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.1389 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 13.2 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Iraq?
- Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Iraq 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 Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 94.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.0% in 2000.
- How does Iraq rank for share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services?
- Iraq ranks 79th 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 Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iraq 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.