Safely managed drinking water in World
73.7% of people in the world used safely managed drinking water in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2024
73.7%
Change from 2023
+1.7percentage points
Safely managed drinking water in World 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 | World |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 73.7% |
| 2023 | 72.0% |
| 2022 | 71.5% |
| 2021 | 71.0% |
| 2020 | 70.5% |
| 2019 | 69.9% |
| 2018 | 69.4% |
| 2017 | 68.8% |
| 2016 | 68.2% |
| 2015 | 67.7% |
| 2014 | 67.1% |
| 2013 | 66.5% |
| 2012 | 65.9% |
| 2011 | 65.3% |
| 2010 | 64.8% |
| 2009 | 64.3% |
| 2008 | 63.8% |
| 2007 | 63.4% |
| 2006 | 63.1% |
| 2005 | 62.8% |
| 2004 | 62.5% |
| 2003 | 62.1% |
| 2002 | 61.8% |
| 2001 | 61.5% |
| 2000 | 61.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.7 percentage points from 72.0% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 67.1%, the figure has changed by +6.6 percentage points.