Using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population in Mongolia
Mongolia: Using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population was 99.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population in Mongolia, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Mongolia recorded 99.8% for using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population in Mongolia peaked at 99.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 94.4%, in 2000.
Mongolia ranks 85th of 188 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 | 95.4% | 94.4% | 96.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 97.6% | 96.6% | 98.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.3% | 98.9% | 99.8% | 5 |
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More environment data for Mongolia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 104.36 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 29.61 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 18.68 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.2848 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 44.99 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 64.5 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0051 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0127 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.5127 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population in Mongolia?
- Using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population in Mongolia 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 using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 99.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 94.4% in 2000.
- How does Mongolia rank for using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population?
- Mongolia ranks 85th out of 188 countries with data for 2024.
- Is using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mongolia 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 Using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.