World WASH Data - Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX)
Consolidated global WASH dataset on HDX combining drinking water and sanitation access figures from WHO, UNICEF, OECD and World Bank for every country. Downloadable and accessible through the HDX CKAN API.
data.humdata.org
At a glance
- Region
- Global
- Coverage
- Global
- Access
- Free
- Category
- UN Organization
- Last updated
- 2026
What's inside
- WASH access
- Drinking water
- Sanitation
- Country indicators
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Coverage gaps
Find who lacks safe water or sanitation.
Because it has: WASH access
- 02
Benchmarking
Compare utilities on service and losses.
- 03
Investment
Prioritise where new plants and networks should go.
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Failure prediction
Predict pipe bursts and plant failures before they happen.
- 02
Demand forecasts
Forecast daily demand for pumping and storage.
- 03
Document extraction
Pull numbers out of PDFs and reports automatically.
Machine access and documentation
Open API
HDX CKAN API: data.humdata.org/api/3/action/package_show?id=world-wash-data
Licence: Open data
Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.
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