Suriname
Safe drinking water in Suriname
Safe drinking water in Suriname: 51.6% in 2000 and 55.8% in 2022, by WHO/UNICEF estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- 55.8%
- Since 2000
- +4.2 percentage points
- Rank, 2022
- 97 of 135
- counting from the highest
- World, 2022
- 72.9%
% of people · WHO/UNICEF
Every year
% of people · WHO/UNICEF
| Year | Suriname | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 55.8 | 72.9 |
| 2021 | 55.8 | 72.5 |
| 2020 | 55.8 | 72.3 |
| 2019 | 55.5 | 71.7 |
| 2018 | 55.3 | 71 |
| 2017 | 55.1 | 70.4 |
| 2016 | 54.9 | 69.7 |
| 2015 | 54.7 | 69.1 |
| 2014 | 54.5 | 68.4 |
| 2013 | 54.3 | 67.7 |
| 2012 | 54.1 | 67.1 |
| 2011 | 53.9 | 66.4 |
| 2010 | 53.7 | 65.9 |
| 2009 | 53.5 | 65.4 |
| 2008 | 53.3 | 64.9 |
| 2007 | 53.1 | 64.6 |
| 2006 | 52.9 | 64 |
| 2005 | 52.7 | 63.7 |
| 2004 | 52.5 | 63 |
| 2003 | 52.3 | 62.4 |
| 2002 | 52.1 | 61.8 |
| 2001 | 51.8 | 61.1 |
| 2000 | 51.6 | 60.8 |
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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Suriname in numbers
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