People using safely managed drinking water services (% of population) by country
The percentage of people using drinking water from an improved source that is accessible on premises, available when needed and free from fecal and priority chemical contamination. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water.
Countries reporting
151
Highest
100.0%
Gibraltar
Lowest
6.2%
Central African Republic
Median
80.6%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
4,411
What the numbers show
People using safely managed drinking water services (% of population) is currently reported for 151 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Gibraltar; the lowest is 6.2% in Central African Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 80.6%, and the mean is 70.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16.
Over the past decade 110 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Laos (up 199.7%), and the largest decrease in Nepal (down 38.8%).
People using safely managed drinking water services: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gibraltar | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 1 | Hungary | 100.0% | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 1 | Iceland | 100.0% | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Liechtenstein | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Macao | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 1 | Monaco | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | New Zealand | 100.0% | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 1 | Singapore | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | San Marino | 100.0% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 12 | Netherlands | 100.0% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 13 | Denmark | 99.9% | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 14 | Germany | 99.9% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 15 | Isle of Man | 99.9% | 2024 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 16 | Malta | 99.8% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 17 | United Kingdom | 99.8% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 18 | Sweden | 99.8% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 19 | Cyprus | 99.7% | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 20 | France | 99.7% | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 21 | Luxembourg | 99.7% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 22 | Finland | 99.6% | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 23 | Slovenia | 99.6% | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 24 | Slovakia | 99.6% | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 25 | Belgium | 99.5% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 26 | Israel | 99.5% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 27 | Spain | 99.5% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 28 | South Korea | 99.3% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 29 | Norway | 99.1% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 30 | Estonia | 98.9% | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 31 | Puerto Rico | 98.9% | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 32 | Bahrain | 98.9% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 33 | Austria | 98.9% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 34 | Japan | 98.7% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 35 | United States Virgin Islands | 98.7% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 36 | United Arab Emirates | 98.6% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 37 | Czechia | 98.1% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 38 | Chile | 97.8% | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 39 | United States | 97.6% | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 40 | Latvia | 97.0% | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 41 | Canada | 96.9% | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 42 | New Caledonia | 96.9% | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 43 | Italy | 96.8% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 44 | Lithuania | 96.7% | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 45 | Switzerland | 96.7% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 46 | Greece | 96.7% | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 47 | Saint Martin (French part) | 96.6% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 48 | Bulgaria | 96.2% | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 49 | Ireland | 96.1% | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 50 | Qatar | 95.3% | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 51 | Portugal | 95.2% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 52 | Turkmenistan | 94.9% | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 53 | Malaysia | 94.7% | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 54 | Iran | 94.4% | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 55 | Guam | 94.0% | 2024 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 56 | Belarus | 93.1% | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 57 | Kazakhstan | 91.5% | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 58 | Oman | 91.1% | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 59 | Palau | 90.8% | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 60 | Andorra | 90.6% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 61 | American Samoa | 90.5% | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 62 | French Polynesia | 90.4% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 63 | Grenada | 89.9% | 2017 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 64 | Jordan | 89.0% | 2024 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 65 | Poland | 88.7% | 2024 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 66 | Brazil | 88.6% | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 67 | Ukraine | 87.9% | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 68 | Croatia | 87.3% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 86.4% | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 70 | Montenegro | 85.5% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 71 | Romania | 82.2% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 72 | Armenia | 82.1% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 73 | Uzbekistan | 81.9% | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 74 | Northern Mariana Islands | 81.5% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 75 | North Macedonia | 80.8% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 76 | Palestine | 80.6% | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 77 | Costa Rica | 80.5% | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 78 | Morocco | 80.0% | 2024 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 79 | Egypt | 78.9% | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 80 | India | 76.4% | 2024 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 81 | Russia | 76.3% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 82 | Moldova | 75.8% | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 83 | Serbia | 75.0% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 84 | Colombia | 74.3% | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 85 | Kyrgyzstan | 73.9% | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 86 | Albania | 70.8% | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 87 | Georgia | 70.5% | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 88 | Ecuador | 69.9% | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 89 | Trinidad and Tobago | 69.4% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 90 | Algeria | 69.0% | 2024 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 91 | South Africa | 68.0% | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 92 | Guyana | 67.2% | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 93 | North Korea | 66.6% | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 94 | Bhutan | 65.6% | 2024 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 95 | Honduras | 65.5% | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 96 | Tajikistan | 65.1% | 2024 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 97 | Tunisia | 65.0% | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 98 | Seychelles | 64.7% | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 99 | Paraguay | 64.4% | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 100 | Botswana | 63.3% | 2024 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 101 | Samoa | 62.5% | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 102 | Iraq | 59.8% | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 103 | Myanmar | 59.7% | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 104 | Bangladesh | 59.1% | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 105 | Vietnam | 58.6% | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 106 | Azerbaijan | 57.8% | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 107 | Suriname | 55.8% | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 108 | Peru | 49.4% | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 109 | Guatemala | 48.8% | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 110 | Philippines | 48.5% | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 111 | Gambia | 48.2% | 2024 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 112 | Lebanon | 47.7% | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 113 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 47.0% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 114 | Sri Lanka | 46.9% | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 115 | Congo | 45.9% | 2021 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 116 | Dominican Republic | 45.3% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 117 | Pakistan | 45.0% | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 118 | Mongolia | 43.4% | 2024 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 119 | Mexico | 43.0% | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 120 | Ghana | 42.9% | 2024 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 121 | Fiji | 42.1% | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 122 | Eswatini | 38.2% | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 123 | Sao Tome and Principe | 36.7% | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 124 | Cote d'Ivoire | 36.4% | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 125 | Laos | 35.2% | 2024 | up 199.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Tanzania | 31.3% | 2024 | up 59.8% | volatile |
| 127 | Lesotho | 31.3% | 2024 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 128 | Afghanistan | 30.6% | 2024 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 129 | Indonesia | 30.5% | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 130 | Cambodia | 30.0% | 2024 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 131 | Nigeria | 29.9% | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 132 | Tonga | 29.6% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 133 | Mozambique | 27.5% | 2024 | up 56.0% | rising |
| 134 | Senegal | 27.2% | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 135 | Zimbabwe | 25.5% | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 136 | Guinea-Bissau | 24.0% | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 137 | Madagascar | 22.1% | 2024 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 138 | Togo | 20.5% | 2024 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 139 | Vanuatu | 19.2% | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 140 | Nauru | 18.7% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 141 | Malawi | 18.2% | 2024 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 142 | Uganda | 18.1% | 2024 | up 61.8% | rising |
| 143 | Benin | 17.7% | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 144 | Nepal | 16.5% | 2024 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 145 | Kiribati | 15.1% | 2024 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 146 | Ethiopia | 13.5% | 2024 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 147 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 11.9% | 2024 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 148 | Sierra Leone | 10.9% | 2024 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 149 | Tuvalu | 8.7% | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 150 | Chad | 6.3% | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 151 | Central African Republic | 6.2% | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North America 97.4%
- High income 95.8%
- Europe & Central Asia 92.5%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 85.5%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 81.7%
- IBRD only 81.5%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 79.6%
- Latin America & Caribbean 79.0%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 78.3%
- Upper middle income 78.1%
- South Asia 77.6%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 77.6%
About this data
The percentage of people using drinking water from an improved source that is accessible on premises, available when needed and free from fecal and priority chemical contamination. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water.