People using at least basic drinking water services
People using drinking water from an improved source, such as piped water or a protected well, with a collection time of no more than 30 minutes for a round trip.
Highest in 2024
100.0%
American Samoa
Lowest in 2024
35.7%
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Euro area, 2024
99.9%
Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2024
202
Updated by the source on 8 October 2026
202 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period in the data.
Trend 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 | American Samoa | Andorra |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2023 | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2022 | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2021 | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2020 | 99.7% | 100.0% |
| 2019 | 99.5% | 100.0% |
| 2018 | 99.3% | 100.0% |
| 2017 | 99.0% | 100.0% |
| 2016 | 98.8% | 100.0% |
| 2015 | 98.6% | 100.0% |
| 2014 | 98.3% | 100.0% |
| 2013 | 98.1% | 100.0% |
| 2012 | 97.9% | 100.0% |
| 2011 | 97.6% | 100.0% |
| 2010 | 97.4% | 100.0% |
| 2009 | 97.2% | 100.0% |
| 2008 | 96.9% | 100.0% |
| 2007 | 96.7% | 100.0% |
| 2006 | 96.4% | 100.0% |
| 2005 | 96.2% | 100.0% |
| 2004 | 96.0% | 100.0% |
| 2003 | 95.7% | 100.0% |
| 2002 | 95.5% | 100.0% |
| 2001 | 95.3% | 100.0% |
| 2000 | 95.0% | 100.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 202 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is American Samoa (100.0%) and the lowest Democratic Republic of the Congo (35.7%).
- Half of the countries are above 97.4% and half below.
- From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 133 countries and fell in 32.
- The figure for the world was 91.5% in 2024, against 89.6% in 2019 (+1.8 percentage points).
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Source and dates
All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 American Samoa 100.0%
- 2 Andorra 100.0%
- 3 Belgium 100.0%
- 4 Bermuda 100.0%
- 5 Brunei 100.0%
- 6 Curaçao 100.0%
- 7 Faroe Islands 100.0%
- 8 French Polynesia 100.0%
- 9 Germany 100.0%
- 10 Gibraltar 100.0%
- 11 Greece 100.0%
- 12 Greenland 100.0%
- 13 Hong Kong SAR, China 100.0%
- 14 Hungary 100.0%
- 15 Iceland 100.0%
- 16 Isle of Man 100.0%
- 17 Kuwait 100.0%
- 18 Liechtenstein 100.0%
- 19 Luxembourg 100.0%
- 20 Macao SAR, China 100.0%
- 21 Malta 100.0%
- 22 Monaco 100.0%
- 23 Netherlands 100.0%
- 24 New Zealand 100.0%
- 25 Northern Mariana Islands 100.0%
- 26 Norway 100.0%
- 27 Puerto Rico (US) 100.0%
- 28 Singapore 100.0%
- 29 South Korea 100.0%
- 30 Thailand 100.0%
- 31 United Arab Emirates 100.0%
- 32 Denmark 100.0%
- 33 Romania 100.0%
- 34 Israel 100.0%
- 35 United Kingdom 100.0%
- 36 Brazil 100.0%
- 37 France 100.0%
- 38 Austria 100.0%
- 39 Estonia 100.0%
- 40 Switzerland 100.0%
- 41 Finland 100.0%
- 42 San Marino 100.0%
- 43 Qatar 100.0%
- 44 United States 100.0%
- 45 Australia 100.0%
- 46 Armenia 99.9%
- 47 Mauritius 99.9%
- 48 Spain 99.9%
- 49 Saint Martin (French part) 99.9%
- 50 Turkmenistan 99.9%
- 51 Bahrain 99.9%
- 52 Lithuania 99.9%
- 53 Italy 99.9%
- 54 Croatia 99.9%
- 55 Belarus 99.9%
- 56 British Virgin Islands 99.9%
- 57 Costa Rica 99.8%
- 58 Slovakia 99.8%
- 59 Sweden 99.8%
- 60 Maldives 99.8%
- 61 Cyprus 99.7%
- 62 Uruguay 99.6%
- 63 Paraguay 99.6%
- 64 Slovenia 99.6%
- 65 Bhutan 99.5%
- 66 Mexico 99.5%
- 67 New Caledonia 99.5%
- 68 Palau 99.5%
- 69 Guam 99.5%
- 70 US Virgin Islands 99.5%
- 71 Samoa 99.4%
- 72 Portugal 99.3%
- 73 Jordan 99.3%
- 74 Montenegro 99.3%
- 75 Trinidad and Tobago 99.3%
- 76 Bulgaria 99.2%
- 77 Japan 99.2%
- 78 Barbados 99.2%
- 79 Chile 99.1%
- 80 Saudi Arabia 99.0%
- 81 Antigua and Barbuda 98.9%
- 82 Tonga 98.9%
- 83 Turks and Caicos Islands 98.8%
- 84 Bangladesh 98.8%
- 85 Latvia 98.8%
- 86 West Bank and Gaza 98.8%
- 87 Viet Nam 98.8%
- 88 Tuvalu 98.7%
- 89 Czechia 98.7%
- 90 Iraq 98.4%
- 91 Canada 98.3%
- 92 North Macedonia 98.2%
- 93 Saint Lucia 98.1%
- 94 Suriname 98.0%
- 95 Malaysia 97.9%
- 96 Iran 97.9%
- 97 Naoero 97.8%
- 98 Kazakhstan 97.8%
- 99 Seychelles 97.7%
- 100 Azerbaijan 97.7%
- 101 Dominican Republic 97.5%
- 102 Egypt 97.3%
- 103 Uzbekistan 97.3%
- 104 Georgia 97.3%
- 105 Ireland 97.1%
- 106 Colombia 97.1%
- 107 Dominica 97.0%
- 108 Russia 96.9%
- 109 Tunisia 96.7%
- 110 Libya 96.4%
- 111 China 96.1%
- 112 Bosnia and Herzegovina 96.1%
- 113 Türkiye 96.0%
- 114 Laos 95.9%
- 115 Philippines 95.9%
- 116 Honduras 95.7%
- 117 India 95.7%
- 118 Guyana 95.6%
- 119 Peru 95.6%
- 120 Fiji 95.6%
- 121 Cayman Islands 95.5%
- 122 Serbia 95.4%
- 123 Panama 95.3%
- 124 Cuba 95.1%
- 125 Albania 95.1%
- 126 Kyrgyzstan 94.9%
- 127 Belize 94.8%
- 128 Syria 94.1%
- 129 Nepal 93.6%
- 130 Ukraine 93.5%
- 131 Bolivia 93.4%
- 132 Venezuela 93.3%
- 133 Guatemala 93.2%
- 134 Moldova 92.7%
- 135 Oman 92.7%
- 136 Lebanon 92.6%
- 137 Algeria 92.4%
- 138 Cabo Verde 92.3%
- 139 Morocco 92.2%
- 140 Ecuador 92.1%
- 141 Botswana 91.8%
- 142 El Salvador 91.6%
- 143 Pakistan 90.7%
- 144 Sri Lanka 90.2%
- 145 South Africa 90.2%
- 146 Poland 90.1%
- 147 Ghana 89.9%
- 148 Tajikistan 89.2%
- 149 Indonesia 89.0%
- 150 Gabon 88.6%
- 151 Senegal 88.0%
- 152 Jamaica 87.6%
- 153 Marshall Islands 87.4%
- 154 Timor-Leste 87.3%
- 155 Vanuatu 87.1%
- 156 Gambia 87.1%
- 157 Namibia 86.5%
- 158 Mali 86.4%
- 159 Mongolia 86.1%
- 160 Myanmar 85.7%
- 161 Comoros 85.1%
- 162 Cambodia 82.8%
- 163 Nigeria 82.2%
- 164 Afghanistan 80.8%
- 165 Eswatini 80.4%
- 166 Djibouti 79.7%
- 167 Kiribati 79.1%
- 168 Liberia 78.8%
- 169 Lesotho 78.1%
- 170 São Tomé and Príncipe 78.0%
- 171 Mauritania 77.3%
- 172 Côte d'Ivoire 77.2%
- 173 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 75.3%
- 174 Yemen 75.0%
- 175 Guinea 74.2%
- 176 Zambia 73.4%
- 177 Haiti 73.3%
- 178 Malawi 73.1%
- 179 Solomon Islands 71.6%
- 180 Cameroon 71.4%
- 181 Benin 69.6%
- 182 Sierra Leone 68.1%
- 183 Angola 68.0%
- 184 Zimbabwe 67.2%
- 185 Mozambique 66.6%
- 186 Burundi 65.9%
- 187 Kenya 65.6%
- 188 Sudan 64.9%
- 189 Togo 64.8%
- 190 Tanzania 64.6%
- 191 Uganda 63.0%
- 192 Guinea-Bissau 61.8%
- 193 Rwanda 61.4%
- 194 Ethiopia 55.6%
- 195 Madagascar 55.3%
- 196 Niger 53.4%
- 197 Papua New Guinea 53.3%
- 198 Chad 52.2%
- 199 Burkina Faso 50.0%
- 200 South Sudan 39.7%
- 201 Central African Republic 36.5%
- 202 Democratic Republic of the Congo 35.7%
- East Asia and Pacific 95.3%
- Euro area 99.9%
- Europe and Central Asia 98.0%
- European Union 99.1%
- Latin America and Caribbean 97.6%
- Middle East and North Africa 92.9%
- North America 99.8%
- OECD members 99.2%
- South Asia 95.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 67.5%
- World 91.5%
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