People in rural areas not using an improved water source in Cape Verde
Cape Verde: People in rural areas not using an improved water source was 10,287 people in 2024. ▼ Falling
People in rural areas not using an improved water source in Cape Verde, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in people.
Analysis
The most recent figure for people in rural areas not using an improved water source in Cape Verde is 10,287 people, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 6.1% on the previous year and down 42.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people in rural areas not using an improved water source in Cape Verde peaked at 30,803 people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 10,287 people, in 2024.
That places Cape Verde 112th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 26,779 people | 22,586 people | 30,803 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,615 people | 13,820 people | 21,599 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,653 people | 10,287 people | 13,048 people | 5 |
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More environment data for Cape Verde
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 0.9126 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.74 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.0723 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0241 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0026 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.1711 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0026 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.0693 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people in rural areas not using an improved water source in Cape Verde?
- People in rural areas not using an improved water source in Cape Verde was 10,287 people 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 people in rural areas not using an improved water source recorded in Cape Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 30,803 people in 2000.
- What is the lowest people in rural areas not using an improved water source recorded in Cape Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,287 people in 2024.
- How does Cape Verde rank for people in rural areas not using an improved water source?
- Cape Verde ranks 112th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people in rural areas not using an improved water source rising or falling in Cape Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cape Verde 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 People in rural areas not using an improved water source. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of people not using improved drinking water sources. These people might use surface water sources or unprotected springs or wells, as no safe and reliable improved drinking water source is available to them.