Share of urban population using at least basic water services in Yemen
Yemen: Share of urban population using at least basic water services was 88.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of urban population using at least basic water services in Yemen, 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 Yemen is 88.5%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of urban population using at least basic water services in Yemen peaked at 88.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 71.8%, in 2000.
That places Yemen 160th out of 188 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 73.3% | 71.8% | 76.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 80.6% | 77.0% | 84.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.8% | 85.2% | 88.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
More environment data for Yemen
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 32.9 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.8107 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 5.65 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0196 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.3 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0025 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 11.78 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0015 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.01 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 4.81 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of urban population using at least basic water services in Yemen?
- Share of urban population using at least basic water services in Yemen was 88.5% 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 Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 88.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of urban population using at least basic water services recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.8% in 2000.
- How does Yemen rank for share of urban population using at least basic water services?
- Yemen ranks 160th out of 188 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of urban population using at least basic water services rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Yemen 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.