Safely managed drinking water in Hungary

100.0% of people in Hungary used safely managed drinking water in 2024.

Measure: People using safely managed drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Hungary, 2024 100.0% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 100.0%
World, 2024 73.7% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 99.5% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2024 7th of 148 See the full ranking

Safely managed drinking water in Hungary 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 HungaryWorld
2024 100.0% 73.7%
2023 100.0% 72.0%
2022 99.7% 71.5%
2021 98.5% 71.0%
2020 97.2% 70.5%
2019 95.8% 69.9%
2018 94.5% 69.4%
2017 93.1% 68.8%
2016 91.8% 68.2%
2015 90.4% 67.7%
2014 89.1% 67.1%
2013 87.7% 66.5%
2012 86.4% 65.9%
2011 86.1% 65.3%
2010 85.8% 64.8%
2009 85.5% 64.3%
2008 85.2% 63.8%
2007 84.9% 63.4%
2006 84.6% 63.1%
2005 84.3% 62.8%
2004 84.0% 62.5%
2003 83.7% 62.1%
2002 83.4% 61.8%
2001 83.1% 61.5%
2000 82.8% 61.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 89.1%, the figure has changed by +10.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 148 countries with data for 2024, Hungary has the 7th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 73.7%.

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 Hungary
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