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Basic drinking-water access in Spain

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.

99.92%%
2024Observation year

-0.00 pp from 2023

Spain
Basic drinking-water access in Spain, 2000–2025%. Underlying figures are available in the data table.100100100100100200020052010201520202025

% · World Bank World Development Indicators · Missing observations remain gaps.

Underlying data

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Basic drinking-water access · Spain · %
YearValueStatus & source note
2025Not availablemissing
202499.9247001396709present
202399.9249297229504present
202299.9251513451199present
202199.9253882857533present
202099.9256069689441present
201999.9258322377834present
201899.9260612803023present
201799.9262777210373present
201699.9265065763433present
201599.9267194862736present
201499.926942900271present
201399.9566408362607present
201299.9861677203853present
201199.9999999335079present
201099.9999972813307present
200999.999999329905present
2008100present
2007100present
2006100present
2005100present
200499.9999964221336present
200399.9999999264819present
2002100present
200199.9999991097535present
200099.9999986287101present

Definition & method

Methodology: The data sources for drinking water services are household surveys such as Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), administrative data, census, and other datasets such as compilations by international or regional initiatives (e.g., IB-NET) or studies conducted by research institutions. Based on these national datasets, JMP estimates the proportion of the people accessing different levels of services by using linear regression. You can find the details of estimates including the rules on interpolation, extrapolation and extension in the JMP’s methodology report (https://washdata.org/reports/jmp-2017-methodology). Statistical concept(s): The JMP classifies the water service levels into five tiers, ranging from the most to the least favorable: safely managed, basic, limited, unimproved, and surface water (Reference: https://washdata.org/monitoring/drinking-water). This indicator encompasses both people using basic water services as well as those using safely managed water services.

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.

What to keep in mind

  • At least basic means an improved source with a collection round trip of at most 30 minutes. This differs from safely managed drinking water and does not by itself establish water safety.
  • Annual 2000–2025 selection. Source estimates and historical values may be revised; unavailable values remain missing.