People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) in El Salvador
El Salvador: People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) was 96.8% in 2017. ▬ Flat
Latest (2017)
96.8%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
35th
of 97 countries
All-time high
96.8%
in 2010
All-time low
96.8%
in 2010
Years of data
8
2010–2017
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) in El Salvador, 2010–2017
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org). Measured in lowest.
Analysis
In 2017, people using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) in El Salvador stood at 96.8%. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
That places El Salvador 35th out of 97 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | lowest | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 96.8% | — |
| 2011 | 96.8% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 96.8% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 96.8% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 96.8% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 96.8% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 96.8% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 96.8% | +0.0% |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More health data for El Salvador
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.89 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.4574 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,537 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 104 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -0.9135 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0374 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -0.8849 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) in El Salvador?
- People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) in El Salvador was 96.8% in 2017, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).
- What is the highest people using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 96.8% in 2010.
- What is the lowest people using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 96.8% in 2010.
- How does El Salvador rank for people using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of)?
- El Salvador ranks 35th out of 97 countries with data for 2017.
- Is people using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org), published as part of People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of urban population): Q1 (lowest). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 8 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).