Share of urban population using at least basic water services in Suriname
Suriname: Share of urban population using at least basic water services was 98.7% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Share of urban population using at least basic water services in Suriname, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 98.7% for share of urban population using at least basic water services 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 Suriname peaked at 98.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 97.5%, in 2000.
That places Suriname 84th out of 188 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 97.7% | 97.5% | 98.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.4% | 98.1% | 98.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.7% | 98.7% | 98.7% | 5 |
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More environment data for Suriname
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 3.67 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 5.78 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.5055 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0077 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.1816 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0003 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.9322 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0009 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0041 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.2322 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of urban population using at least basic water services in Suriname?
- Share of urban population using at least basic water services in Suriname was 98.7% 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 Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 98.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of urban population using at least basic water services recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 97.5% in 2000.
- How does Suriname rank for share of urban population using at least basic water services?
- Suriname ranks 84th out of 188 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of urban population using at least basic water services rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Suriname 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.