Share of population not using improved drinking water sources in Bahrain
Bahrain: Share of population not using improved drinking water sources was 0.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of population not using improved drinking water sources in Bahrain, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Bahrain recorded 0.1% for share of population not using improved drinking water sources in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 17.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of population not using improved drinking water sources in Bahrain peaked at 0.1% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2000.
Bahrain ranks 167th of 231 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 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 5 |
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More environment data for Bahrain
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 64.42 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 40.55 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.0267 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0006 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 22.8 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0011 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 23.99 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0473 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0135 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.08 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of population not using improved drinking water sources in Bahrain?
- Share of population not using improved drinking water sources in Bahrain was 0.1% 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 population not using improved drinking water sources recorded in Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of population not using improved drinking water sources recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2000.
- How does Bahrain rank for share of population not using improved drinking water sources?
- Bahrain ranks 167th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of population not using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahrain 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 population not using improved drinking water sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion 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.