Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in South Sudan
South Sudan: Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services was 32.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in South Sudan, 2011–2024
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 South Sudan stood at 32.5%. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in South Sudan peaked at 37.4% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 32.5%, in 2022.
South Sudan ranks 174th of 178 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 36.0% | 34.3% | 37.4% | 9 |
| 2020s | 32.9% | 32.5% | 33.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Sudan
- 171 Madagascar 39.3% compare
- 172 Angola 36.9% compare
- 173 Burkina Faso 34.4% compare
- 175 Equatorial Guinea 30.8% compare
- 176 Eritrea 27.8% compare
- 177 Central African Republic 27.4% compare
More environment data for South Sudan
- Aquaculture production 34 metric tons (2024)
- Capture fisheries production 55,000 metric tons (2024)
- Total fisheries production 55,034 metric tons (2024)
- Cooling Degree Days 7,171 (2024)
- Heating Degree Days 0.13 (2015)
- Arable land use per person 0.2168 hectares per person (2023)
- Forest area 7.16 million hectares (2025)
- Share of global forest area 0.2% (2025)
- Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index -0.8559 (2023)
- Annual change in forest area 1,500 hectares (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in South Sudan?
- Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in South Sudan was 32.5% 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 South Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 37.4% in 2011.
- What is the lowest share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in South Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.5% in 2022.
- How does South Sudan rank for share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services?
- South Sudan ranks 174th 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 South Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South Sudan 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.