People using safely managed drinking water services
People using an improved water source on their premises that is available when needed and free from faecal and priority chemical contamination.
Highest in 2024
100.0%
Gibraltar
Lowest in 2024
6.2%
Central African Republic
World, 2024
73.7%
Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2024
148
Updated by the source on 8 October 2026
148 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 | Austria | Germany |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 98.9% | 99.9% |
| 2023 | 98.9% | 99.9% |
| 2022 | 98.9% | 99.9% |
| 2021 | 98.9% | 99.9% |
| 2020 | 98.9% | 99.9% |
| 2019 | 98.9% | 99.9% |
| 2018 | 98.9% | 99.9% |
| 2017 | 98.9% | 99.9% |
| 2016 | 98.9% | 99.9% |
| 2015 | 98.9% | 99.9% |
| 2014 | 98.9% | 99.9% |
| 2013 | 98.9% | 99.9% |
| 2012 | 98.7% | 99.9% |
| 2011 | 98.6% | 99.9% |
| 2010 | 98.4% | 99.9% |
| 2009 | 98.2% | 99.9% |
| 2008 | 98.1% | 99.9% |
| 2007 | 97.9% | 99.9% |
| 2006 | 97.8% | 99.9% |
| 2005 | 97.6% | 99.9% |
| 2004 | 97.5% | 99.8% |
| 2003 | 97.3% | 99.8% |
| 2002 | 97.2% | 99.8% |
| 2001 | 97.0% | 99.8% |
| 2000 | 96.9% | 99.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 148 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Gibraltar (100.0%) and the lowest Central African Republic (6.2%).
- Half of the countries are above 80.7% and half below.
- From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 95 countries and fell in 33.
- The figure for the world was 73.7% in 2024, against 69.9% in 2019 (+3.7 percentage points).
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All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Gibraltar 100.0%
- 2 Hong Kong SAR, China 100.0%
- 3 Hungary 100.0%
- 4 Iceland 100.0%
- 5 Kuwait 100.0%
- 6 Liechtenstein 100.0%
- 7 Macao SAR, China 100.0%
- 8 Monaco 100.0%
- 9 New Zealand 100.0%
- 10 Singapore 100.0%
- 11 San Marino 100.0%
- 12 Netherlands 100.0%
- 13 Denmark 99.9%
- 14 Germany 99.9%
- 15 Isle of Man 99.9%
- 16 Malta 99.8%
- 17 United Kingdom 99.8%
- 18 Sweden 99.8%
- 19 Cyprus 99.7%
- 20 France 99.7%
- 21 Luxembourg 99.7%
- 22 Finland 99.6%
- 23 Slovenia 99.6%
- 24 Slovakia 99.6%
- 25 Belgium 99.5%
- 26 Israel 99.5%
- 27 Spain 99.5%
- 28 South Korea 99.3%
- 29 Norway 99.1%
- 30 Estonia 98.9%
- 31 Puerto Rico (US) 98.9%
- 32 Bahrain 98.9%
- 33 Austria 98.9%
- 34 Japan 98.7%
- 35 US Virgin Islands 98.7%
- 36 United Arab Emirates 98.6%
- 37 Czechia 98.1%
- 38 Chile 97.8%
- 39 United States 97.6%
- 40 Latvia 97.0%
- 41 Canada 96.9%
- 42 New Caledonia 96.9%
- 43 Italy 96.8%
- 44 Lithuania 96.7%
- 45 Switzerland 96.7%
- 46 Greece 96.7%
- 47 Saint Martin (French part) 96.6%
- 48 Bulgaria 96.2%
- 49 Ireland 96.1%
- 50 Qatar 95.3%
- 51 Portugal 95.2%
- 52 Turkmenistan 94.9%
- 53 Malaysia 94.7%
- 54 Iran 94.4%
- 55 Guam 94.0%
- 56 Belarus 93.1%
- 57 Kazakhstan 91.5%
- 58 Oman 91.1%
- 59 Palau 90.8%
- 60 Andorra 90.6%
- 61 American Samoa 90.5%
- 62 French Polynesia 90.4%
- 63 Jordan 89.0%
- 64 Poland 88.7%
- 65 Brazil 88.6%
- 66 Ukraine 87.9%
- 67 Croatia 87.3%
- 68 Bosnia and Herzegovina 86.4%
- 69 Montenegro 85.5%
- 70 Romania 82.2%
- 71 Armenia 82.1%
- 72 Uzbekistan 81.9%
- 73 Northern Mariana Islands 81.5%
- 74 North Macedonia 80.8%
- 75 West Bank and Gaza 80.6%
- 76 Costa Rica 80.5%
- 77 Morocco 80.0%
- 78 Egypt 78.9%
- 79 India 76.4%
- 80 Russia 76.3%
- 81 Moldova 75.8%
- 82 Serbia 75.0%
- 83 Colombia 74.3%
- 84 Kyrgyzstan 73.9%
- 85 Albania 70.8%
- 86 Georgia 70.5%
- 87 Ecuador 69.9%
- 88 Trinidad and Tobago 69.4%
- 89 Algeria 69.0%
- 90 South Africa 68.0%
- 91 Guyana 67.2%
- 92 Bhutan 65.6%
- 93 Honduras 65.5%
- 94 Tajikistan 65.1%
- 95 Tunisia 65.0%
- 96 Seychelles 64.7%
- 97 Paraguay 64.4%
- 98 Botswana 63.3%
- 99 Samoa 62.5%
- 100 Iraq 59.8%
- 101 Myanmar 59.7%
- 102 Bangladesh 59.1%
- 103 Viet Nam 58.6%
- 104 Azerbaijan 57.8%
- 105 Suriname 55.8%
- 106 Peru 49.4%
- 107 Guatemala 48.8%
- 108 Philippines 48.5%
- 109 Gambia 48.2%
- 110 Lebanon 47.7%
- 111 Turks and Caicos Islands 47.0%
- 112 Sri Lanka 46.9%
- 113 Dominican Republic 45.3%
- 114 Pakistan 45.0%
- 115 Mongolia 43.4%
- 116 Mexico 43.0%
- 117 Ghana 42.9%
- 118 Fiji 42.1%
- 119 Eswatini 38.2%
- 120 São Tomé and Príncipe 36.7%
- 121 Côte d'Ivoire 36.4%
- 122 Laos 35.2%
- 123 Tanzania 31.3%
- 124 Lesotho 31.3%
- 125 Afghanistan 30.6%
- 126 Indonesia 30.5%
- 127 Cambodia 30.0%
- 128 Nigeria 29.9%
- 129 Tonga 29.6%
- 130 Mozambique 27.5%
- 131 Senegal 27.2%
- 132 Zimbabwe 25.5%
- 133 Guinea-Bissau 24.0%
- 134 Madagascar 22.1%
- 135 Togo 20.5%
- 136 Vanuatu 19.2%
- 137 Naoero 18.7%
- 138 Malawi 18.2%
- 139 Uganda 18.1%
- 140 Benin 17.7%
- 141 Nepal 16.5%
- 142 Kiribati 15.1%
- 143 Ethiopia 13.5%
- 144 Democratic Republic of the Congo 11.9%
- 145 Sierra Leone 10.9%
- 146 Tuvalu 8.7%
- 147 Chad 6.3%
- 148 Central African Republic 6.2%
- East Asia and Pacific 75.2%
- Europe and Central Asia 92.5%
- Latin America and Caribbean 79.0%
- Middle East and North Africa 65.6%
- North America 97.4%
- South Asia 77.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 32.4%
- World 73.7%
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