People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) (World Bank WDI)
World Bank indicators. % of population, annual.
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Data source: World Bank, wdi_lka.zip (8 Oct 2026)
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- Source World Bank, compiled by Macro Lab
- Unit % of population
- Date range 2000 – 2024
- Last checked 8 Oct 2026
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- People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) (World Bank WDI)
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- World Bank: World Development Indicators and International Debt Statistics (World Bank)
- Source page
- https://data.worldbank.org/country/sri-lanka
- Licence
- Source: The World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Notes
- World Bank, World Development Indicators, SH.H2O.BASW.ZS, Sri Lanka. Data source (as the World Bank gives it): WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: washdata.org, publisher: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org), date accessed: 2025-09-30, date published: 2025-08-25; UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), uri: washdata.org, note: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Licence: CC BY 4.0. Source: The World Bank, World Development Indicators, https://data.worldbank.org/country/sri-lanka.
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