Basic drinking water access in Europe and Central Asia
98.0% of people in Europe and Central Asia used at least basic drinking water services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
Europe and Central Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Europe and Central Asia, 2024
98.0%
Change from 2023
0percentage points
World, 2024
91.5%
Basic drinking water access in Europe and Central Asia 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 | Europe and Central Asia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 98.0% | 91.5% |
| 2023 | 98.0% | 91.2% |
| 2022 | 97.9% | 90.9% |
| 2021 | 97.9% | 90.4% |
| 2020 | 97.8% | 90.0% |
| 2019 | 97.8% | 89.6% |
| 2018 | 97.7% | 89.3% |
| 2017 | 97.7% | 88.9% |
| 2016 | 97.6% | 88.5% |
| 2015 | 97.5% | 88.1% |
| 2014 | 97.5% | 87.7% |
| 2013 | 97.5% | 87.3% |
| 2012 | 97.4% | 86.9% |
| 2011 | 97.4% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | 97.4% | 86.1% |
| 2009 | 97.3% | 85.7% |
| 2008 | 97.3% | 85.2% |
| 2007 | 97.2% | 84.8% |
| 2006 | 97.2% | 84.3% |
| 2005 | 97.1% | 83.9% |
| 2004 | 97.0% | 82.6% |
| 2003 | 97.0% | 82.1% |
| 2002 | 96.9% | 81.6% |
| 2001 | 96.9% | 80.9% |
| 2000 | 96.8% | 80.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 98.0% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 97.5%, the figure has changed by +0.5 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.5%.