Tanzania
Capital: Dodoma · Lower middle income · Pop. 68.6 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Tanzania, 31.33% of the population uses safely managed drinking water — an improved source, located on premises, available when needed, and free from contamination (2024 estimate). That leaves roughly 47.1 million people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 28.46% use safely managed sanitation services and 37.22% have at least a basic service (2024).
Tanzania has about 1,298 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 6% of those internal resources annually (low water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 89% of Tanzania's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Tanzania have safe drinking water?
31.33% of Tanzania's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 47.1 million people do not.
Does Tanzania have enough freshwater?
Tanzania has roughly 1,298 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 6% of it annually (low stress).