Share of population not using improved drinking water sources in Gambia
Gambia: Share of population not using improved drinking water sources was 7.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of population not using improved drinking water sources in Gambia, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of population not using improved drinking water sources in Gambia is 7.0%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.9% on the previous year and down 35.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of population not using improved drinking water sources in Gambia peaked at 17.5% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 7.0%, in 2024.
That places Gambia 51st out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.2% | 13.1% | 17.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.7% | 8.8% | 12.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.7% | 7.0% | 8.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
More environment data for Gambia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 1.86 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.6737 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.5387 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0956 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.2132 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 1.15 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0018 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.3024 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of population not using improved drinking water sources in Gambia?
- Share of population not using improved drinking water sources in Gambia was 7.0% 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 population not using improved drinking water sources recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 17.5% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of population not using improved drinking water sources recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.0% in 2024.
- How does Gambia rank for share of population not using improved drinking water sources?
- Gambia ranks 51st out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of population not using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Gambia 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 25 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
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.