Share of urban population using at least basic water services in Cambodia
Cambodia: Share of urban population using at least basic water services was 94.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of urban population using at least basic water services in Cambodia, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of urban population using at least basic water services in Cambodia stood at 94.1%. 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 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of urban population using at least basic water services in Cambodia peaked at 94.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 80.9%, in 2000.
That places Cambodia 140th out of 188 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 83.8% | 80.9% | 86.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 89.5% | 87.0% | 92.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 93.4% | 92.5% | 94.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cambodia
More environment data for Cambodia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 49.83 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 2.83 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 23.83 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.4396 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.7904 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.052 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 26.66 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0013 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0294 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.52 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of urban population using at least basic water services in Cambodia?
- Share of urban population using at least basic water services in Cambodia was 94.1% 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 urban population using at least basic water services recorded in Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 94.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of urban population using at least basic water services recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 80.9% in 2000.
- How does Cambodia rank for share of urban population using at least basic water services?
- Cambodia ranks 140th out of 188 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of urban population using at least basic water services rising or falling in Cambodia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cambodia 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 urban population using at least basic water services. 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, which is either located on their premises, or at a collection point, which takes no more than 30 minutes for a roundtrip.