As of 2021, around 671,000 people used unimproved drinking water sources in Ghana. Of these, 5.4 percent were from rivers and streams, 0.9 percent from unprotected wells, and 0.6 percent from supplied tankers. Overall, the majority of the population in Ghana drank water from improved water sources compared to unimproved ones.
Share of people using unimproved drinking water in Ghana as of 2021, by source
* Value corresponds to a total of 1,593 individuals.
The source defines improved water as a "water source that is likely to be protected from outside contamination such as pipe borne water, borehole, tube well, protected well, rain water, protected spring, bottled water and sachet water".
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Ghana Statistical Service. (February 8, 2022). Share of people using unimproved drinking water in Ghana as of 2021, by source [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1313274/population-share-using-unimproved-drinking-water-sources-in-ghana-by-type/
Ghana Statistical Service. "Share of people using unimproved drinking water in Ghana as of 2021, by source." Chart. February 8, 2022. Statista. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1313274/population-share-using-unimproved-drinking-water-sources-in-ghana-by-type/
Ghana Statistical Service. (2022). Share of people using unimproved drinking water in Ghana as of 2021, by source. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1313274/population-share-using-unimproved-drinking-water-sources-in-ghana-by-type/
Ghana Statistical Service. "Share of People Using Unimproved Drinking Water in Ghana as of 2021, by Source." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Feb 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1313274/population-share-using-unimproved-drinking-water-sources-in-ghana-by-type/
Ghana Statistical Service, Share of people using unimproved drinking water in Ghana as of 2021, by source Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1313274/population-share-using-unimproved-drinking-water-sources-in-ghana-by-type/ (last visited November 23, 2024)
Share of people using unimproved drinking water in Ghana as of 2021, by source [Graph], Ghana Statistical Service, February 8, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1313274/population-share-using-unimproved-drinking-water-sources-in-ghana-by-type/
