Safely managed drinking water in Viet Nam

58.6% of people in Viet Nam 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
Viet Nam, 2024 58.6% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.5percentage points 2023: 58.1%
World, 2024 73.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 103rd of 148 See the full ranking

Safely managed drinking water 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 safely managed drinking water services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period Viet NamWorld
2024 58.6% 73.7%
2023 58.1% 72.0%
2022 57.6% 71.5%
2021 57.0% 71.0%
2020 56.5% 70.5%
2019 56.0% 69.9%
2018 55.5% 69.4%
2017 54.9% 68.8%
2016 54.4% 68.2%
2015 53.9% 67.7%
2014 53.3% 67.1%
2013 52.8% 66.5%
2012 52.3% 65.9%
2011 51.7% 65.3%
2010 51.2% 64.8%
2009 50.6% 64.3%
2008 50.1% 63.8%
2007 49.5% 63.4%
2006 49.0% 63.1%
2005 48.4% 62.8%
2004 47.9% 62.5%
2003 47.3% 62.1%
2002 46.8% 61.8%
2001 46.2% 61.5%
2000 45.7% 61.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 58.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 53.3%, the figure has changed by +5.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 148 countries with data for 2024, Viet Nam has the 103rd 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 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