Safely managed drinking water in Moldova

75.8% of people in Moldova 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
Moldova, 2024 75.8% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.4percentage points 2023: 75.4%
World, 2024 73.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 81st of 148 See the full ranking

Safely managed drinking water in Moldova 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 MoldovaWorld
2024 75.8% 73.7%
2023 75.4% 72.0%
2022 75.1% 71.5%
2021 74.7% 71.0%
2020 74.4% 70.5%
2019 74.0% 69.9%
2018 73.7% 69.4%
2017 73.4% 68.8%
2016 73.0% 68.2%
2015 72.7% 67.7%
2014 72.4% 67.1%
2013 69.8% 66.5%
2012 67.3% 65.9%
2011 64.8% 65.3%
2010 62.3% 64.8%
2009 59.9% 64.3%
2008 57.5% 63.8%
2007 55.1% 63.4%
2006 52.8% 63.1%
2005 50.5% 62.8%
2004 48.3% 62.5%
2003 46.2% 62.1%
2002 44.2% 61.8%
2001 42.3% 61.5%
2000 40.4% 61.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 75.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 72.4%, the figure has changed by +3.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 148 countries with data for 2024, Moldova has the 81st 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 Moldova
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