Share of urban population using at least basic water services in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Share of urban population using at least basic water services was 72.7% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of urban population using at least basic water services in Guinea-Bissau, 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 Guinea-Bissau is 72.7%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of urban population using at least basic water services in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 77.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 72.7%, in 2021.
That places Guinea-Bissau 185th out of 188 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom 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 | 76.5% | 75.8% | 77.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 74.5% | 73.3% | 75.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 72.8% | 72.7% | 73.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau
- 182 Benin 75.9% compare
- 183 Sudan 73.9% compare
- 184 Togo 73.6% compare
- 186 South Sudan 66.1% compare
- 187 Democratic Republic of Congo 59.3% compare
- 188 Central African Republic 48.1% compare
More environment data for Guinea-Bissau
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 3.19 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.45 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 1.38 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.3269 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.2417 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0003 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 2.3 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0013 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.3567 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of urban population using at least basic water services in Guinea-Bissau?
- Share of urban population using at least basic water services in Guinea-Bissau was 72.7% 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 Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 77.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of urban population using at least basic water services recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.7% in 2021.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for share of urban population using at least basic water services?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 185th out of 188 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of urban population using at least basic water services rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau 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.