People using safely managed drinking water services in Denmark
Denmark: People using safely managed drinking water services was 99.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People using safely managed drinking water services in Denmark, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
Denmark recorded 99.9% for people using safely managed drinking water services in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using safely managed drinking water services in Denmark peaked at 99.9% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 94.6%, in 2000.
Denmark ranks 13th of 151 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 95.3% | 94.6% | 96.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.3% | 96.9% | 99.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Denmark
- 11 San Marino 100.0% compare
- 12 Netherlands 100.0% compare
- 14 Germany 99.9% compare
- 15 Isle of Man 99.9% compare
- 16 Malta 99.8% compare
More health data for Denmark
- Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 32,355 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 30,818 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 29,840 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 30,968 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 29,463 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 31,336 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 29,748 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 31,139 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 30,991 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 32,742 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using safely managed drinking water services in Denmark?
- People using safely managed drinking water services in Denmark was 99.9% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest people using safely managed drinking water services recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 99.9% in 2022.
- What is the lowest people using safely managed drinking water services recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 94.6% in 2000.
- How does Denmark rank for people using safely managed drinking water services?
- Denmark ranks 13th out of 151 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using safely managed drinking water services rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Denmark data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of People using safely managed drinking water services (% of population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.