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Safely managed drinking water (% of population)

Share of people using drinking water that is safe, available when needed and located on the premises. Higher is better.

Source: World Bank · World Development Indicators · SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS

Top 5 over time

Dashed line: world median
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#CountryRegionSafely managed drinking water% of populationYear
1 Gibraltar Europe & Central Asia 100.0% of population 2024
1 Hong Kong East Asia & Pacific 100.0% of population 2024
1 Hungary Europe & Central Asia 100.0% of population 2024
1 Iceland Europe & Central Asia 100.0% of population 2024
1 Kuwait Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 100.0% of population 2024
1 Liechtenstein Europe & Central Asia 100.0% of population 2024
1 Macao East Asia & Pacific 100.0% of population 2024
1 Monaco Europe & Central Asia 100.0% of population 2024
1 New Zealand East Asia & Pacific 100.0% of population 2024
1 Singapore East Asia & Pacific 100.0% of population 2024
11 San Marino Europe & Central Asia 100.0% of population 2024
12 Netherlands Europe & Central Asia 100.0% of population 2024
13 Denmark Europe & Central Asia 99.9% of population 2024
14 Germany Europe & Central Asia 99.9% of population 2024
15 Isle of Man Europe & Central Asia 99.9% of population 2024
16 Malta Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 99.8% of population 2024
17 United Kingdom Europe & Central Asia 99.8% of population 2024
18 Sweden Europe & Central Asia 99.8% of population 2024
19 Cyprus Europe & Central Asia 99.7% of population 2024
20 France Europe & Central Asia 99.7% of population 2024
21 Luxembourg Europe & Central Asia 99.7% of population 2024
22 Finland Europe & Central Asia 99.6% of population 2024
23 Slovenia Europe & Central Asia 99.6% of population 2024
24 Slovakia Europe & Central Asia 99.6% of population 2024
25 Belgium Europe & Central Asia 99.5% of population 2024
26 Israel Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 99.5% of population 2024
27 Spain Europe & Central Asia 99.5% of population 2024
28 South Korea East Asia & Pacific 99.3% of population 2024
29 Norway Europe & Central Asia 99.1% of population 2024
30 Estonia Europe & Central Asia 98.9% of population 2024
31 Puerto Rico (US) Latin America & Caribbean 98.9% of population 2024
32 Bahrain Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 98.9% of population 2024
33 Austria Europe & Central Asia 98.9% of population 2024
34 Japan East Asia & Pacific 98.7% of population 2024
35 US Virgin Islands Latin America & Caribbean 98.7% of population 2024
36 United Arab Emirates Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 98.6% of population 2024
37 Czechia Europe & Central Asia 98.1% of population 2024
38 Chile Latin America & Caribbean 97.8% of population 2024
39 United States North America 97.6% of population 2024
40 Latvia Europe & Central Asia 97.0% of population 2024
41 Canada North America 96.9% of population 2024
42 New Caledonia East Asia & Pacific 96.9% of population 2024
43 Italy Europe & Central Asia 96.8% of population 2024
44 Lithuania Europe & Central Asia 96.7% of population 2024
45 Switzerland Europe & Central Asia 96.7% of population 2024
46 Greece Europe & Central Asia 96.7% of population 2024
47 Saint Martin Latin America & Caribbean 96.6% of population 2024
48 Bulgaria Europe & Central Asia 96.2% of population 2024
49 Ireland Europe & Central Asia 96.1% of population 2024
50 Qatar Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 95.3% of population 2024
51 Portugal Europe & Central Asia 95.2% of population 2024
52 Turkmenistan Europe & Central Asia 94.9% of population 2024
53 Malaysia East Asia & Pacific 94.7% of population 2024
54 Iran Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 94.4% of population 2024
55 Guam East Asia & Pacific 94.0% of population 2024
56 Belarus Europe & Central Asia 93.1% of population 2024
57 Kazakhstan Europe & Central Asia 91.5% of population 2024
58 Oman Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 91.1% of population 2024
59 Palau East Asia & Pacific 90.8% of population 2024
60 Andorra Europe & Central Asia 90.6% of population 2024
61 American Samoa East Asia & Pacific 90.5% of population 2024
62 French Polynesia East Asia & Pacific 90.4% of population 2024
63 Jordan Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 89.0% of population 2024
64 Poland Europe & Central Asia 88.7% of population 2024
65 Brazil Latin America & Caribbean 88.6% of population 2024
66 Ukraine Europe & Central Asia 87.9% of population 2024
67 Croatia Europe & Central Asia 87.3% of population 2024
68 Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe & Central Asia 86.4% of population 2024
69 Montenegro Europe & Central Asia 85.5% of population 2024
70 Romania Europe & Central Asia 82.2% of population 2024
71 Armenia Europe & Central Asia 82.1% of population 2024
72 Uzbekistan Europe & Central Asia 81.9% of population 2024
73 Northern Mariana Islands East Asia & Pacific 81.5% of population 2024
74 North Macedonia Europe & Central Asia 80.8% of population 2024
75 Palestine Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 80.6% of population 2024
76 Costa Rica Latin America & Caribbean 80.5% of population 2024
77 Morocco Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 80.0% of population 2024
78 Egypt Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 78.9% of population 2024
79 India South Asia 76.4% of population 2024
80 Russia Europe & Central Asia 76.3% of population 2024
81 Moldova Europe & Central Asia 75.8% of population 2024
82 Serbia Europe & Central Asia 75.0% of population 2024
83 Colombia Latin America & Caribbean 74.3% of population 2024
84 Kyrgyzstan Europe & Central Asia 73.9% of population 2024
85 Albania Europe & Central Asia 70.8% of population 2024
86 Georgia Europe & Central Asia 70.5% of population 2024
87 Ecuador Latin America & Caribbean 69.9% of population 2024
88 Trinidad and Tobago Latin America & Caribbean 69.4% of population 2024
89 Algeria Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 69.0% of population 2024
90 South Africa Sub-Saharan Africa 68.0% of population 2024
91 Guyana Latin America & Caribbean 67.2% of population 2024
92 North Korea East Asia & Pacific 66.6% of population 2023
93 Bhutan South Asia 65.6% of population 2024
94 Honduras Latin America & Caribbean 65.5% of population 2024
95 Tajikistan Europe & Central Asia 65.1% of population 2024
96 Tunisia Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 65.0% of population 2024
97 Seychelles Sub-Saharan Africa 64.7% of population 2024
98 Paraguay Latin America & Caribbean 64.4% of population 2024
99 Botswana Sub-Saharan Africa 63.3% of population 2024
100 Samoa East Asia & Pacific 62.5% of population 2024
101 Iraq Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 59.8% of population 2024
102 Myanmar East Asia & Pacific 59.7% of population 2024
103 Bangladesh South Asia 59.1% of population 2024
104 Vietnam East Asia & Pacific 58.6% of population 2024
105 Azerbaijan Europe & Central Asia 57.8% of population 2024
106 Suriname Latin America & Caribbean 55.8% of population 2024
107 Peru Latin America & Caribbean 49.4% of population 2024
108 Guatemala Latin America & Caribbean 48.8% of population 2024
109 Philippines East Asia & Pacific 48.5% of population 2024
110 Gambia Sub-Saharan Africa 48.2% of population 2024
111 Lebanon Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 47.7% of population 2024
112 Turks and Caicos Islands Latin America & Caribbean 47.0% of population 2024
113 Sri Lanka South Asia 46.9% of population 2024
114 Congo Sub-Saharan Africa 45.9% of population 2021
115 Dominican Republic Latin America & Caribbean 45.3% of population 2024
116 Pakistan Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 45.0% of population 2024
117 Mongolia East Asia & Pacific 43.4% of population 2024
118 Mexico Latin America & Caribbean 43.0% of population 2024
119 Ghana Sub-Saharan Africa 42.9% of population 2024
120 Fiji East Asia & Pacific 42.1% of population 2024
121 Eswatini Sub-Saharan Africa 38.2% of population 2024
122 São Tomé and Príncipe Sub-Saharan Africa 36.7% of population 2024
123 Côte d'Ivoire Sub-Saharan Africa 36.4% of population 2024
124 Laos East Asia & Pacific 35.2% of population 2024
125 Tanzania Sub-Saharan Africa 31.3% of population 2024
126 Lesotho Sub-Saharan Africa 31.3% of population 2024
127 Afghanistan Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 30.6% of population 2024
128 Indonesia East Asia & Pacific 30.5% of population 2024
129 Cambodia East Asia & Pacific 30.0% of population 2024
130 Nigeria Sub-Saharan Africa 29.9% of population 2024
131 Tonga East Asia & Pacific 29.6% of population 2024
132 Mozambique Sub-Saharan Africa 27.5% of population 2024
133 Senegal Sub-Saharan Africa 27.2% of population 2024
134 Zimbabwe Sub-Saharan Africa 25.5% of population 2024
135 Guinea-Bissau Sub-Saharan Africa 24.0% of population 2024
136 Madagascar Sub-Saharan Africa 22.1% of population 2024
137 Togo Sub-Saharan Africa 20.5% of population 2024
138 Vanuatu East Asia & Pacific 19.2% of population 2024
139 Naoero East Asia & Pacific 18.7% of population 2024
140 Malawi Sub-Saharan Africa 18.2% of population 2024
141 Uganda Sub-Saharan Africa 18.1% of population 2024
142 Benin Sub-Saharan Africa 17.7% of population 2024
143 Nepal South Asia 16.5% of population 2024
144 Kiribati East Asia & Pacific 15.1% of population 2024
145 Ethiopia Sub-Saharan Africa 13.5% of population 2024
146 DR Congo Sub-Saharan Africa 11.9% of population 2024
147 Sierra Leone Sub-Saharan Africa 10.9% of population 2024
148 Tuvalu East Asia & Pacific 8.7% of population 2024
149 Chad Sub-Saharan Africa 6.3% of population 2024
150 Central African Republic Sub-Saharan Africa 6.2% of population 2024
— Grenada Latin America & Caribbean 89.9% of population 2017

Latest value per country. Ranked: countries with data from the last 5 years of the series; older values are listed below without a rank. 150 ranked.

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