Access to Drinking Water in Pakistan: Quality, Availability, and Household Reach

Access to Improved, Basic, and Available Drinking Water by Province (%)

Province Use of improved drinking water sources Use of basic drinking water services Availability of drinking water
Balochistan 85.6 79.6 51.6
KP 90.5 86.8 77.4
Punjab 99.4 95.6 N/A
Sindh 96 90.4 74.3
Source: MICS (Balochistan 2019-20, KP 2019, Punjab 2024, Sindh 2018-19)

 

Access to Drinking Water within Households

Province Inside Drinking Water Facilities (%) Outside Drinking Water Facilities (%)
Pakistan 66 34
Punjab 71 29
Sindh 64 36
KP 65 35
Balochistan 41 59
ICT 59 41
Source: Census 2023
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