Basic drinking water access in North America
99.8% of people in North America used at least basic drinking water services in 2024.
North America is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
North America, 2024
99.8%
Change from 2023
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World, 2024
91.5%
Basic drinking water access in North America over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | North America | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 99.8% | 91.5% |
| 2023 | 99.8% | 91.2% |
| 2022 | 99.8% | 90.9% |
| 2021 | 99.7% | 90.4% |
| 2020 | 99.7% | 90.0% |
| 2019 | 99.6% | 89.6% |
| 2018 | 99.6% | 89.3% |
| 2017 | 99.5% | 88.9% |
| 2016 | 99.4% | 88.5% |
| 2015 | 99.4% | 88.1% |
| 2014 | 99.3% | 87.7% |
| 2013 | 99.2% | 87.3% |
| 2012 | 99.2% | 86.9% |
| 2011 | 99.1% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | 99.0% | 86.1% |
| 2009 | 99.0% | 85.7% |
| 2008 | 99.0% | 85.2% |
| 2007 | 99.0% | 84.8% |
| 2006 | 99.0% | 84.3% |
| 2005 | 99.0% | 83.9% |
| 2004 | – | 82.6% |
| 2003 | – | 82.1% |
| 2002 | – | 81.6% |
| 2001 | – | 80.9% |
| 2000 | – | 80.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 99.8% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 99.3%, the figure has changed by +0.5 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.5%.