People using at least: Q3 … drinking Q3 urban in Laos
Laos: People using at least: Q3 … drinking Q3 urban was 100.0% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Latest (2017)
100.0%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 97 countries
All-time high
100.0%
in 2016
All-time low
74.3%
in 2000
Years of data
18
2000–2017
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) in Laos, 2000–2017
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).
Analysis
Laos recorded 100.0% for people using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) in 2017. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
The figure is up 16.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) in Laos peaked at 100.0% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 74.3%, in 2000.
Laos ranks 1st of 97 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
People using at least: Q3 … drinking Q3 urban in Laos, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 74.3% | — |
| 2001 | 76.0% | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 77.7% | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 79.4% | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 81.0% | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 82.7% | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 84.4% | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 86.1% | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 87.8% | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 89.4% | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 91.1% | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 92.8% | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 94.5% | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 96.2% | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 97.8% | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 99.5% | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 100.0% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 100.0% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 96.1%, 1.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Laos's 100.0% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 99.6%, 1.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 81.9% | 74.3% | 89.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 96.5% | 91.1% | 100.0% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Laos
- 1 Barbados 100.0% compare
- 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 100.0% compare
- 1 Cambodia 100.0% compare
- 1 Maldives 100.0% compare
- 1 North Macedonia 100.0% compare
- 1 Panama 100.0% compare
- 1 Saint Lucia 100.0% compare
- 1 Suriname 100.0% compare
- 1 Turkmenistan 100.0% compare
- 1 Ukraine 100.0% compare
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- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -2.76 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.5667 % change on previous year (2090)
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- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0489 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -0.5055 % change on previous year (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is people using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) in Laos?
- People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) in Laos was 100.0% 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 Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2016.
- What is the lowest people using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 74.3% in 2000.
- How does Laos rank for people using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of)?
- Laos ranks 1st out of 97 countries with data for 2017.
- Is people using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Laos 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): Q3. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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