Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Mongolia
Mongolia: Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services was 63.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Mongolia, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Mongolia recorded 63.5% 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.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 31.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Mongolia peaked at 63.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 28.8%, in 2000.
That places Mongolia 146th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 35.0% | 28.8% | 41.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 49.2% | 42.7% | 55.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 60.4% | 57.4% | 63.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
More environment data for Mongolia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 104.36 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 29.61 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 18.68 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.2848 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 44.99 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 64.5 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0051 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0127 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.5127 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Mongolia?
- Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Mongolia was 63.5% 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 Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 63.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.8% in 2000.
- How does Mongolia rank for share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services?
- Mongolia ranks 146th 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 Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.