Share of urban population using at least basic water services in Comoros
Comoros: Share of urban population using at least basic water services was 89.9% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Share of urban population using at least basic water services in Comoros, 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 urban population using at least basic water services in Comoros is 89.9%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of urban population using at least basic water services in Comoros peaked at 89.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 88.5%, in 2000.
That places Comoros 155th out of 188 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 89.0% | 88.5% | 89.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 89.6% | 89.3% | 89.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 89.9% | 89.8% | 89.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Comoros
More environment data for Comoros
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 0.9494 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.1 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.0725 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0457 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.1528 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.4388 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0017 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.1658 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of urban population using at least basic water services in Comoros?
- Share of urban population using at least basic water services in Comoros was 89.9% 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 Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 89.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of urban population using at least basic water services recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 88.5% in 2000.
- How does Comoros rank for share of urban population using at least basic water services?
- Comoros ranks 155th out of 188 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of urban population using at least basic water services rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Comoros 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.