Share of the population using improved water sources in Libya
Libya: Share of the population using improved water sources was 99.8% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Share of the population using improved water sources in Libya, 2008–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Libya recorded 99.8% for share of the population using improved water sources in 2024. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the population using improved water sources in Libya peaked at 99.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 96.4%, in 2008.
Libya ranks 74th of 231 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Share of the population using improved water sources in Libya, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 96.4% | — |
| 2009 | 96.4% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 96.4% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 96.4% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 96.4% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 96.7% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 97.0% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 97.3% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 97.6% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 97.9% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 98.1% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 98.4% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 98.7% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 99.0% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 99.3% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 99.6% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 99.8% | +0.3% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 99.8% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 98.8%, 1.0× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Libya's 99.8% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 99.7%, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 96.4% | 96.4% | 96.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 97.2% | 96.4% | 98.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.3% | 98.7% | 99.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Libya
- 71 Reunion 99.9% compare
- 72 British Virgin Islands 99.9% compare
- 73 Tonga 99.8% compare
- 75 Montenegro 99.8% compare
- 76 Kazakhstan 99.8% compare
- 77 Maldives 99.8% compare
More environment data for Libya
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -35.17 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -10.37 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.386 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.2239 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.1672 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the population using improved water sources in Libya?
- Share of the population using improved water sources in Libya was 99.8% 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 population using improved water sources recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 99.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of the population using improved water sources recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 96.4% in 2008.
- How does Libya rank for share of the population using improved water sources?
- Libya ranks 74th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the population using improved water sources rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Libya 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 population using improved water sources. 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, regardless of collection time. An improved drinking water source is a safely designed drinking water source and includes e.g. piped water, boreholes or tubewells and packaged or delivered water.