Basic drinking water access in OECD members
99.2% of people in OECD member countries used at least basic drinking water services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
OECD members is a group: OECD member countries as grouped by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
OECD members, 2024
99.2%
Change from 2023
0percentage points
World, 2024
91.5%
Basic drinking water access in OECD members 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.
| Period | OECD members | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 99.2% | 91.5% |
| 2023 | 99.2% | 91.2% |
| 2022 | 99.1% | 90.9% |
| 2021 | 99.1% | 90.4% |
| 2020 | 99.0% | 90.0% |
| 2019 | 99.0% | 89.6% |
| 2018 | 98.9% | 89.3% |
| 2017 | 98.9% | 88.9% |
| 2016 | 98.8% | 88.5% |
| 2015 | 98.8% | 88.1% |
| 2014 | 98.7% | 87.7% |
| 2013 | 98.7% | 87.3% |
| 2012 | 98.6% | 86.9% |
| 2011 | 98.5% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | 98.5% | 86.1% |
| 2009 | 98.4% | 85.7% |
| 2008 | 98.4% | 85.2% |
| 2007 | 98.3% | 84.8% |
| 2006 | 98.2% | 84.3% |
| 2005 | 98.2% | 83.9% |
| 2004 | 97.8% | 82.6% |
| 2003 | 97.7% | 82.1% |
| 2002 | 97.7% | 81.6% |
| 2001 | 97.5% | 80.9% |
| 2000 | 97.4% | 80.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 99.2% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 98.7%, the figure has changed by +0.4 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.5%.