Global populations without basic drinking water services worldwide 2000-2020

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Erick Burgueño Salas,
Feb 6, 2023
More than one billion people lacked basic drinking water services worldwide in 2000. Over the following two decades this number decreased, and by 2020 had fallen to 771 million people. Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for more than 50 percent of the world population without basic drinking water services. Much of this population lived in rural areas.

Number of people without basic drinking water services worldwide in 2000 and 2020 (in millions)

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Release date

July 2021

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2000 to 2020

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