Safely managed drinking water in Europe and Central Asia

92.5% of people in Europe and Central Asia used safely managed drinking water in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using safely managed drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
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 92.5% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 92.4%
World, 2024 73.7% Official aggregate

Safely managed drinking water 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.

People using safely managed drinking water services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period Europe and Central AsiaWorld
2024 92.5% 73.7%
2023 92.4% 72.0%
2022 92.3% 71.5%
2021 92.2% 71.0%
2020 92.1% 70.5%
2019 92.0% 69.9%
2018 91.8% 69.4%
2017 91.6% 68.8%
2016 91.4% 68.2%
2015 91.2% 67.7%
2014 91.0% 67.1%
2013 90.9% 66.5%
2012 90.6% 65.9%
2011 90.3% 65.3%
2010 90.0% 64.8%
2009 89.7% 64.3%
2008 89.4% 63.8%
2007 89.1% 63.4%
2006 88.7% 63.1%
2005 88.4% 62.8%
2004 87.3% 62.5%
2003 86.9% 62.1%
2002 86.8% 61.8%
2001 86.6% 61.5%
2000 86.5% 61.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 92.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 91.0%, the figure has changed by +1.5 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 73.7%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Europe and Central Asia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene