Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Senegal
Senegal: Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services was 80.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Senegal, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Senegal recorded 80.6% 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 2.3% on the previous year and up 27.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Senegal peaked at 80.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 40.4%, in 2000.
Senegal ranks 121st 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 | 47.5% | 40.4% | 54.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 64.0% | 56.4% | 71.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 77.0% | 73.5% | 80.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
More environment data for Senegal
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 31.72 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.71 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 9.39 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.3409 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.6572 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0025 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 12.33 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0063 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0238 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.91 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Senegal?
- Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Senegal was 80.6% 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 Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 80.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.4% in 2000.
- How does Senegal rank for share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services?
- Senegal ranks 121st 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 Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal 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.