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El Salvador: People using at least basic drinking water services, urban

95.17percent · 2024+2.2% since 2014

The percentage of people using at least basic water services. This indicator encompasses both people using basic water services as well as those using safely managed water services. Basic drinking water services is defined as drinking water from an improved source, provided collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a round trip. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water. Annual figures for El Salvador from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202495.171
202394.788
202294.705
202194.622
202094.483
201994.259
201894.035
201793.811
201693.587
201593.363
201493.14
201392.917
201292.694
201192.471
201092.249
200992.027
200891.805
200794.465
200697.274
200597.115
200496.955
200396.796
200296.636
200196.477
200096.477

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). People using at least basic drinking water services, urban. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-using-at-least-basic-drinking-water-services-zs (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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