Basic drinking water access by country, 2024
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.
202 places ranked for 2024. Highest: American Samoa (100.0%). Lowest: Democratic Republic of the Congo (35.7%). The median is 97.4%.
Highest 10
- 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%
Lowest 10
- 202. Democratic Republic of the Congo 35.7%
- 201. Central African Republic 36.5%
- 200. South Sudan 39.7%
- 199. Burkina Faso 50.0%
- 198. Chad 52.2%
- 197. Papua New Guinea 53.3%
- 196. Niger 53.4%
- 195. Madagascar 55.3%
- 194. Ethiopia 55.6%
- 193. Rwanda 61.4%
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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 202. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
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).
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Samoa | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 2 | Andorra | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 3 | Belgium | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 4 | Bermuda | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 5 | Brunei | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 6 | Curaçao | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 7 | Faroe Islands | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 8 | French Polynesia | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 9 | Germany | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 10 | Gibraltar | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 11 | Greece | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 12 | Greenland | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 13 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 14 | Hungary | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 15 | Iceland | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 16 | Isle of Man | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 17 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 18 | Liechtenstein | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 19 | Luxembourg | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 20 | Macao SAR, China | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 21 | Malta | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 22 | Monaco | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 23 | Netherlands | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 24 | New Zealand | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 25 | Northern Mariana Islands | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 26 | Norway | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 27 | Puerto Rico (US) | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 28 | Singapore | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 29 | South Korea | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 30 | Thailand | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 31 | United Arab Emirates | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 32 | Denmark | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 33 | Romania | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 34 | Israel | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 35 | United Kingdom | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 36 | Brazil | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 37 | France | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 38 | Austria | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 39 | Estonia | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 40 | Switzerland | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 41 | Finland | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 42 | San Marino | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 43 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 44 | United States | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 45 | Australia | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 46 | Armenia | 99.9% | 2024 | |
| 47 | Mauritius | 99.9% | 2024 | |
| 48 | Spain | 99.9% | 2024 | |
| 49 | Saint Martin (French part) | 99.9% | 2024 | |
| 50 | Turkmenistan | 99.9% | 2024 | |
| 51 | Bahrain | 99.9% | 2024 | |
| 52 | Lithuania | 99.9% | 2024 | |
| 53 | Italy | 99.9% | 2024 | |
| 54 | Croatia | 99.9% | 2024 | |
| 55 | Belarus | 99.9% | 2024 | |
| 56 | British Virgin Islands | 99.9% | 2024 | |
| 57 | Costa Rica | 99.8% | 2024 | |
| 58 | Slovakia | 99.8% | 2024 | |
| 59 | Sweden | 99.8% | 2024 | |
| 60 | Maldives | 99.8% | 2024 | |
| 61 | Cyprus | 99.7% | 2024 | |
| 62 | Uruguay | 99.6% | 2024 | |
| 63 | Paraguay | 99.6% | 2024 | |
| 64 | Slovenia | 99.6% | 2024 | |
| 65 | Bhutan | 99.5% | 2024 | |
| 66 | Mexico | 99.5% | 2024 | |
| 67 | New Caledonia | 99.5% | 2024 | |
| 68 | Palau | 99.5% | 2024 | |
| 69 | Guam | 99.5% | 2024 | |
| 70 | US Virgin Islands | 99.5% | 2024 | |
| 71 | Samoa | 99.4% | 2024 | |
| 72 | Portugal | 99.3% | 2024 | |
| 73 | Jordan | 99.3% | 2024 | |
| 74 | Montenegro | 99.3% | 2024 | |
| 75 | Trinidad and Tobago | 99.3% | 2024 | |
| 76 | Bulgaria | 99.2% | 2024 | |
| 77 | Japan | 99.2% | 2024 | |
| 78 | Barbados | 99.2% | 2024 | |
| 79 | Chile | 99.1% | 2024 | |
| 80 | Saudi Arabia | 99.0% | 2024 | |
| 81 | Antigua and Barbuda | 98.9% | 2024 | |
| 82 | Tonga | 98.9% | 2024 | |
| 83 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 98.8% | 2024 | |
| 84 | Bangladesh | 98.8% | 2024 | |
| 85 | Latvia | 98.8% | 2024 | |
| 86 | West Bank and Gaza | 98.8% | 2024 | |
| 87 | Viet Nam | 98.8% | 2024 | |
| 88 | Tuvalu | 98.7% | 2024 | |
| 89 | Czechia | 98.7% | 2024 | |
| 90 | Iraq | 98.4% | 2024 | |
| 91 | Canada | 98.3% | 2024 | |
| 92 | North Macedonia | 98.2% | 2024 | |
| 93 | Saint Lucia | 98.1% | 2024 | |
| 94 | Suriname | 98.0% | 2024 | |
| 95 | Malaysia | 97.9% | 2024 | |
| 96 | Iran | 97.9% | 2024 | |
| 97 | Naoero | 97.8% | 2024 | |
| 98 | Kazakhstan | 97.8% | 2024 | |
| 99 | Seychelles | 97.7% | 2024 | |
| 100 | Azerbaijan | 97.7% | 2024 | |
| 101 | Dominican Republic | 97.5% | 2024 | |
| 102 | Egypt | 97.3% | 2024 | |
| 103 | Uzbekistan | 97.3% | 2024 | |
| 104 | Georgia | 97.3% | 2024 | |
| 105 | Ireland | 97.1% | 2024 | |
| 106 | Colombia | 97.1% | 2024 | |
| 107 | Dominica | 97.0% | 2024 | |
| 108 | Russia | 96.9% | 2024 | |
| 109 | Tunisia | 96.7% | 2024 | |
| 110 | Libya | 96.4% | 2024 | |
| 111 | China | 96.1% | 2024 | |
| 112 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 96.1% | 2024 | |
| 113 | Türkiye | 96.0% | 2024 | |
| 114 | Laos | 95.9% | 2024 | |
| 115 | Philippines | 95.9% | 2024 | |
| 116 | Honduras | 95.7% | 2024 | |
| 117 | India | 95.7% | 2024 | |
| 118 | Guyana | 95.6% | 2024 | |
| 119 | Peru | 95.6% | 2024 | |
| 120 | Fiji | 95.6% | 2024 | |
| 121 | Cayman Islands | 95.5% | 2024 | |
| 122 | Serbia | 95.4% | 2024 | |
| 123 | Panama | 95.3% | 2024 | |
| 124 | Cuba | 95.1% | 2024 | |
| 125 | Albania | 95.1% | 2024 | |
| 126 | Kyrgyzstan | 94.9% | 2024 | |
| 127 | Belize | 94.8% | 2024 | |
| 128 | Syria | 94.1% | 2024 | |
| 129 | Nepal | 93.6% | 2024 | |
| 130 | Ukraine | 93.5% | 2024 | |
| 131 | Bolivia | 93.4% | 2024 | |
| 132 | Venezuela | 93.3% | 2024 | |
| 133 | Guatemala | 93.2% | 2024 | |
| 134 | Moldova | 92.7% | 2024 | |
| 135 | Oman | 92.7% | 2024 | |
| 136 | Lebanon | 92.6% | 2024 | |
| 137 | Algeria | 92.4% | 2024 | |
| 138 | Cabo Verde | 92.3% | 2024 | |
| 139 | Morocco | 92.2% | 2024 | |
| 140 | Ecuador | 92.1% | 2024 | |
| 141 | Botswana | 91.8% | 2024 | |
| 142 | El Salvador | 91.6% | 2024 | |
| 143 | Pakistan | 90.7% | 2024 | |
| 144 | Sri Lanka | 90.2% | 2024 | |
| 145 | South Africa | 90.2% | 2024 | |
| 146 | Poland | 90.1% | 2024 | |
| 147 | Ghana | 89.9% | 2024 | |
| 148 | Tajikistan | 89.2% | 2024 | |
| 149 | Indonesia | 89.0% | 2024 | |
| 150 | Gabon | 88.6% | 2024 | |
| 151 | Senegal | 88.0% | 2024 | |
| 152 | Jamaica | 87.6% | 2024 | |
| 153 | Marshall Islands | 87.4% | 2024 | |
| 154 | Timor-Leste | 87.3% | 2024 | |
| 155 | Vanuatu | 87.1% | 2024 | |
| 156 | Gambia | 87.1% | 2024 | |
| 157 | Namibia | 86.5% | 2024 | |
| 158 | Mali | 86.4% | 2024 | |
| 159 | Mongolia | 86.1% | 2024 | |
| 160 | Myanmar | 85.7% | 2024 | |
| 161 | Comoros | 85.1% | 2024 | |
| 162 | Cambodia | 82.8% | 2024 | |
| 163 | Nigeria | 82.2% | 2024 | |
| 164 | Afghanistan | 80.8% | 2024 | |
| 165 | Eswatini | 80.4% | 2024 | |
| 166 | Djibouti | 79.7% | 2024 | |
| 167 | Kiribati | 79.1% | 2024 | |
| 168 | Liberia | 78.8% | 2024 | |
| 169 | Lesotho | 78.1% | 2024 | |
| 170 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 78.0% | 2024 | |
| 171 | Mauritania | 77.3% | 2024 | |
| 172 | Côte d'Ivoire | 77.2% | 2024 | |
| 173 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 75.3% | 2024 | |
| 174 | Yemen | 75.0% | 2024 | |
| 175 | Guinea | 74.2% | 2024 | |
| 176 | Zambia | 73.4% | 2024 | |
| 177 | Haiti | 73.3% | 2024 | |
| 178 | Malawi | 73.1% | 2024 | |
| 179 | Solomon Islands | 71.6% | 2024 | |
| 180 | Cameroon | 71.4% | 2024 | |
| 181 | Benin | 69.6% | 2024 | |
| 182 | Sierra Leone | 68.1% | 2024 | |
| 183 | Angola | 68.0% | 2024 | |
| 184 | Zimbabwe | 67.2% | 2024 | |
| 185 | Mozambique | 66.6% | 2024 | |
| 186 | Burundi | 65.9% | 2024 | |
| 187 | Kenya | 65.6% | 2024 | |
| 188 | Sudan | 64.9% | 2024 | |
| 189 | Togo | 64.8% | 2024 | |
| 190 | Tanzania | 64.6% | 2024 | |
| 191 | Uganda | 63.0% | 2024 | |
| 192 | Guinea-Bissau | 61.8% | 2024 | |
| 193 | Rwanda | 61.4% | 2024 | |
| 194 | Ethiopia | 55.6% | 2024 | |
| 195 | Madagascar | 55.3% | 2024 | |
| 196 | Niger | 53.4% | 2024 | |
| 197 | Papua New Guinea | 53.3% | 2024 | |
| 198 | Chad | 52.2% | 2024 | |
| 199 | Burkina Faso | 50.0% | 2024 | |
| 200 | South Sudan | 39.7% | 2024 | |
| 201 | Central African Republic | 36.5% | 2024 | |
| 202 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 35.7% | 2024 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2024, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2024 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by World Bank; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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