Proportion of population using improved drinking water sources in Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions)

Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions): Proportion of population using improved drinking water sources was 97.67 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
97.67
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
16th
of 61 groups
All-time high
97.67
in 2024
All-time low
88.63
in 2000
Years of data
25
2000–2024

Proportion of population using improved drinking water sources in Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions), 2000–2024

0204060801002000201220242000: 88.62001: 88.92002: 89.12003: 89.52004: 89.82005: 90.32006: 90.82007: 91.22008: 91.82009: 92.22010: 92.62011: 932012: 93.42013: 93.82014: 94.22015: 94.62016: 952017: 95.42018: 95.82019: 96.12020: 96.52021: 96.82022: 97.12023: 97.42024: 97.7

Source: UNICEF.

Analysis

The most recent figure for proportion of population using improved drinking water sources in Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions) is 97.67, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, proportion of population using improved drinking water sources in Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions) peaked at 97.67 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 88.63, in 2000.

Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions) ranks 16th of 61 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.

Proportion of population using improved drinking water sources in Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions), year by year

Annual values for Proportion of population using improved drinking water sources in Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions), 2000 to 2024.
Year Value Change
2000 88.63
2001 88.89 +0.3%
2002 89.14 +0.3%
2003 89.47 +0.4%
2004 89.82 +0.4%
2005 90.28 +0.5%
2006 90.75 +0.5%
2007 91.23 +0.5%
2008 91.77 +0.6%
2009 92.18 +0.4%
2010 92.6 +0.4%
2011 93.01 +0.5%
2012 93.42 +0.4%
2013 93.83 +0.4%
2014 94.23 +0.4%
2015 94.63 +0.4%
2016 95.02 +0.4%
2017 95.39 +0.4%
2018 95.76 +0.4%
2019 96.13 +0.4%
2020 96.48 +0.4%
2021 96.77 +0.3%
2022 97.07 +0.3%
2023 97.38 +0.3%
2024 97.67 +0.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 90.22 88.63 92.18 10
2010s 94.4 92.6 96.13 10
2020s 97.07 96.48 97.67 5

More population data for Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions)

All data for Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions) →

Frequently asked questions

What is proportion of population using improved drinking water sources in Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions)?
Proportion of population using improved drinking water sources in Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions) was 97.67 in 2024, according to UNICEF.
What is the highest proportion of population using improved drinking water sources recorded in Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions)?
The highest recorded value was 97.67 in 2024.
What is the lowest proportion of population using improved drinking water sources recorded in Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions)?
The lowest recorded value was 88.63 in 2000.
How does Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions) rank for proportion of population using improved drinking water sources?
Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions) ranks 16th out of 61 groups with data for 2024.
Is proportion of population using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions)?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions) data come from?
The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Proportion of population using improved drinking water sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 25 observations, free to reuse under UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Proportion of population using improved drinking water sources in Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions). Statizoid, drawing on UNICEF. Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/stat/proportion-of-population-using-improved-drinking-water-sources/middle-east-and-north-africa-unicef-prog-regions/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://population.statizoid.com/stat/proportion-of-population-using-improved-drinking-water-sources/middle-east-and-north-africa-unicef-prog-regions/">Proportion of population using improved drinking water sources in Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions)</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Proportion of population using improved drinking water sources
Source
UNICEF
Licence
UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
292 places, 7,105 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed