Basic drinking water access in Viet Nam

98.8% of people in Viet Nam used at least basic drinking water services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using at least basic drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Viet Nam, 2024 98.8% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.6percentage points 2023: 98.2%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 87th of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in Viet Nam 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 at least basic drinking water services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period Viet NamWorld
2024 98.8% 91.5%
2023 98.2% 91.2%
2022 97.5% 90.9%
2021 96.9% 90.4%
2020 96.3% 90.0%
2019 95.6% 89.6%
2018 94.8% 89.3%
2017 93.8% 88.9%
2016 93.1% 88.5%
2015 92.4% 88.1%
2014 91.7% 87.7%
2013 90.9% 87.3%
2012 90.2% 86.9%
2011 89.4% 86.5%
2010 88.7% 86.1%
2009 87.9% 85.7%
2008 87.1% 85.2%
2007 86.3% 84.8%
2006 85.5% 84.3%
2005 84.8% 83.9%
2004 83.9% 82.6%
2003 83.1% 82.1%
2002 82.3% 81.6%
2001 81.5% 80.9%
2000 80.6% 80.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 98.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 91.7%, the figure has changed by +7.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, Viet Nam has the 87th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.5%.

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.BASW.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Viet Nam
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