Lesotho

Safe drinking water in Lesotho

Safe drinking water in Lesotho: 8.9% in 2000 and 28.2% in 2022, by WHO/UNICEF estimates.

Latest, 2022
28.2%
Since 2000
+19.4 percentage points
Rank, 2022
118 of 135
counting from the highest
World, 2022
72.9%
Watch it change on the map

% of people · WHO/UNICEF

Safe drinking water in LesothoSafe drinking water in Lesotho: 8.9% in 2000 and 28.2% in 2022, by WHO/UNICEF estimates. In 2022, Lesotho ranked 118 of 135 countries, counting from the highest.
Estimates, WHO/UNICEFWorld

Every year

% of people · WHO/UNICEF

YearLesothoWorld
202228.272.9
202127.972.5
202027.572.3
201926.671.7
201825.771
201724.770.4
201623.869.7
20152369.1
201422.168.4
201321.267.7
201220.467.1
201119.466.4
201018.465.9
200917.465.4
200816.464.9
200715.464.6
200614.464
200513.463.7
200412.563
200311.562.4
200210.661.8
20019.761.1
20008.960.8

Good to know

  • The share of people whose drinking water comes from an improved source at home, there when needed and free of contamination.
  • Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme, via Our World in Data.
  • Ranks count the 135 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

Lesotho in numbers

Every measure for Lesotho on one page

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Conflict

Military

Climate

Technology and environment

Other places nearby