Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Suriname
Suriname: Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services was 96.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Suriname, 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 Suriname stood at 96.6%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Suriname peaked at 96.6% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 72.4%, in 2000.
Suriname ranks 71st 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 | 77.9% | 72.4% | 83.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 90.0% | 84.6% | 95.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.6% | 96.6% | 96.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
- 68 Bosnia and Herzegovina 97.3% compare
- 69 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 97.0% compare
- 70 Dominica 96.6% compare
- 72 Uzbekistan 96.4% compare
- 73 Egypt 96.3% compare
- 74 Guyana 95.7% compare
More environment data for Suriname
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 3.67 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 5.78 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.5055 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0077 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.1816 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0003 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.9322 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0009 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0041 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.2322 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Suriname?
- Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Suriname was 96.6% 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 Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 96.6% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.4% in 2000.
- How does Suriname rank for share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services?
- Suriname ranks 71st 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 Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname 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.