Share of the population using improved water sources in Palestine, State of
Palestine, State of: Share of the population using improved water sources was 100.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of the population using improved water sources in Palestine, State of, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Palestine, State of recorded 100.0% for share of the population using improved water sources in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the population using improved water sources in Palestine, State of peaked at 100.0% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 92.8%, in 2000.
That places Palestine, State of 1st out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Share of the population using improved water sources in Palestine, State of, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 92.8% | — |
| 2001 | 93.2% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 93.7% | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 94.2% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 94.7% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 95.2% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 95.7% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 96.2% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 96.6% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 97.1% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 97.6% | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 98.1% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 98.5% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 99.0% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 99.5% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 99.8% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 100.0% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 94.9% | 92.8% | 97.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 99.3% | 97.6% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the population using improved water sources in Palestine, State of?
- Share of the population using improved water sources in Palestine, State of was 100.0% 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 Palestine, State of?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2016.
- What is the lowest share of the population using improved water sources recorded in Palestine, State of?
- The lowest recorded value was 92.8% in 2000.
- How does Palestine, State of rank for share of the population using improved water sources?
- Palestine, State of ranks 1st out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the population using improved water sources rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palestine, State of 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.