West Bank and Gaza
Lower middle income · Pop. 5.3 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In West Bank and Gaza, 80.64% 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 1.0 million people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 73.51% use safely managed sanitation services and 99.4% have at least a basic service (2024).
West Bank and Gaza has about 165 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year — below the ~1,000 m³ threshold widely used to define water scarcity. It withdraws the equivalent of 41% of those internal resources annually (medium water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 49% of West Bank and Gaza's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in West Bank and Gaza have safe drinking water?
80.64% of West Bank and Gaza's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 1.0 million people do not.
Does West Bank and Gaza have enough freshwater?
West Bank and Gaza has roughly 165 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 41% of it annually (medium stress).