Share of urban population using at least basic water services in Laos
Laos: Share of urban population using at least basic water services was 100.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of urban population using at least basic water services in Laos, 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 Laos is 100.0%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of urban population using at least basic water services in Laos peaked at 100.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 79.1%, in 2000.
That places Laos 1st out of 188 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 83.1% | 79.1% | 87.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 91.8% | 87.9% | 95.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.1% | 97.6% | 100.0% | 5 |
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More environment data for Laos
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 41.55 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 5.35 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 9.63 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.5411 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.65 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0059 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 12.32 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.005 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0081 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.4771 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of urban population using at least basic water services in Laos?
- Share of urban population using at least basic water services in Laos was 100.0% 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 urban population using at least basic water services recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of urban population using at least basic water services recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.1% in 2000.
- How does Laos rank for share of urban population using at least basic water services?
- Laos ranks 1st out of 188 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of urban population using at least basic water services rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Laos 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.