Using safely managed drinking water in urban vs. rural areas in Mongolia
Mongolia: Using safely managed drinking water in urban vs. rural areas was 55.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Using safely managed drinking water in urban vs. rural areas in Mongolia, 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 using safely managed drinking water in urban vs. rural areas in Mongolia is 55.4%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 24.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, using safely managed drinking water in urban vs. rural areas in Mongolia peaked at 55.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 30.4%, in 2000.
Mongolia ranks 71st of 105 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 34.9% | 30.4% | 39.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 45.2% | 40.5% | 50.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.2% | 51.1% | 55.4% | 5 |
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More environment data for Mongolia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 104.36 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 29.61 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 18.68 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.2848 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 44.99 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 64.5 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0051 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0127 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.5127 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is using safely managed drinking water in urban vs. rural areas in Mongolia?
- Using safely managed drinking water in urban vs. rural areas in Mongolia was 55.4% 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 using safely managed drinking water in urban vs. rural areas recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 55.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest using safely managed drinking water in urban vs. rural areas recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.4% in 2000.
- How does Mongolia rank for using safely managed drinking water in urban vs. rural areas?
- Mongolia ranks 71st out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is using safely managed drinking water in urban vs. rural areas rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mongolia 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 Using safely managed drinking water in urban vs. rural areas. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of people using an improved drinking water source that is located on premises, available when needed and free from faecal and priority chemical contamination.