Nicaragua

Safe drinking water in Nicaragua

Safe drinking water in Nicaragua: 47.9% in 2000 and 55.5% in 2020, by WHO/UNICEF estimates.

Latest, 2020
55.5%
Since 2000
+7.7 percentage points
World, 2020
72.3%
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% of people · WHO/UNICEF

Safe drinking water in NicaraguaSafe drinking water in Nicaragua: 47.9% in 2000 and 55.5% in 2020, by WHO/UNICEF estimates. The world as a whole: 72.3% in 2020.
Estimates, WHO/UNICEFWorld

Every year

% of people · WHO/UNICEF

YearNicaraguaWorld
2022–72.9
2021–72.5
202055.572.3
201955.471.7
201855.471
201755.370.4
201655.369.7
201555.269.1
201455.168.4
201354.667.7
201253.767.1
201152.766.4
201051.765.9
200950.765.4
200849.664.9
200748.664.6
200648.564
200548.463.7
200448.363
200348.262.4
200248.161.8
20014861.1
200047.960.8

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.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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