Basic drinking water access in Euro area
99.9% of people in the euro area used at least basic drinking water services in 2024.
Euro area is a group: Euro area; membership follows each source definition (World Bank EMU, ECB U2 changing composition). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Euro area, 2024
99.9%
Change from 2023
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World, 2024
91.5%
Basic drinking water access in Euro area over time
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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Euro area | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 99.9% | 91.5% |
| 2023 | 99.9% | 91.2% |
| 2022 | 99.9% | 90.9% |
| 2021 | 99.9% | 90.4% |
| 2020 | 99.9% | 90.0% |
| 2019 | 99.9% | 89.6% |
| 2018 | 99.9% | 89.3% |
| 2017 | 99.9% | 88.9% |
| 2016 | 99.9% | 88.5% |
| 2015 | 99.9% | 88.1% |
| 2014 | 99.8% | 87.7% |
| 2013 | 99.8% | 87.3% |
| 2012 | 99.8% | 86.9% |
| 2011 | 99.8% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | 99.8% | 86.1% |
| 2009 | 99.8% | 85.7% |
| 2008 | 99.8% | 85.2% |
| 2007 | 99.7% | 84.8% |
| 2006 | 99.7% | 84.3% |
| 2005 | 99.7% | 83.9% |
| 2004 | 99.7% | 82.6% |
| 2003 | 99.7% | 82.1% |
| 2002 | 99.7% | 81.6% |
| 2001 | 99.7% | 80.9% |
| 2000 | 99.7% | 80.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 99.9% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 99.8%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.5%.