Senegal

Safe drinking water in Senegal

Safe drinking water in Senegal: 20% in 2000 and 26.7% in 2022, by WHO/UNICEF estimates.

Latest, 2022
26.7%
Since 2000
+6.7 percentage points
Rank, 2022
119 of 135
counting from the highest
World, 2022
72.9%
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% of people · WHO/UNICEF

Safe drinking water in SenegalSafe drinking water in Senegal: 20% in 2000 and 26.7% in 2022, by WHO/UNICEF estimates. In 2022, Senegal ranked 119 of 135 countries, counting from the highest.
Estimates, WHO/UNICEFWorld

Every year

% of people · WHO/UNICEF

YearSenegalWorld
202226.772.9
202126.472.5
202026.172.3
201925.871.7
201825.471
201725.170.4
201624.869.7
201524.569.1
201424.268.4
201323.967.7
201223.667.1
201123.366.4
20102365.9
200922.765.4
200822.364.9
20072264.6
200621.764
200521.463.7
200421.163
200320.862.4
200220.561.8
200120.361.1
20002060.8

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.

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