Safely managed drinking water in Japan

98.7% of people in Japan 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
Japan, 2024 98.7% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 98.7%
World, 2024 73.7% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 99.0% Middle value of 36 countries
Position in 2024 34th of 148 See the full ranking

Safely managed drinking water in Japan 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 JapanWorld
2024 98.7% 73.7%
2023 98.7% 72.0%
2022 98.7% 71.5%
2021 98.6% 71.0%
2020 98.6% 70.5%
2019 98.5% 69.9%
2018 98.5% 69.4%
2017 98.5% 68.8%
2016 98.4% 68.2%
2015 98.4% 67.7%
2014 98.3% 67.1%
2013 98.3% 66.5%
2012 98.2% 65.9%
2011 98.2% 65.3%
2010 98.1% 64.8%
2009 98.1% 64.3%
2008 98.0% 63.8%
2007 98.0% 63.4%
2006 98.0% 63.1%
2005 97.9% 62.8%
2004 97.9% 62.5%
2003 97.9% 62.1%
2002 97.9% 61.8%
2001 97.9% 61.5%
2000 97.9% 61.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 98.3%, the figure has changed by +0.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 148 countries with data for 2024, Japan has the 34th 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 Japan
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