Safely managed drinking water by country, 2024, European Union (27 countries)

People using an improved water source on their premises that is available when needed and free from faecal and priority chemical contamination.

27 places ranked for 2024. Highest: Hungary (100.0%). Lowest: Romania (82.2%). The median is 99.5%.

Unit: % of population Source: World Bank Trend, map and download

Members since the United Kingdom left the EU on 31 January 2020. About this group

Highest 10

  1. 1. Hungary 100.0%
  2. 2. Netherlands 100.0%
  3. 3. Denmark 99.9%
  4. 4. Germany 99.9%
  5. 5. Malta 99.8%
  6. 6. Sweden 99.8%
  7. 7. Cyprus 99.7%
  8. 8. France 99.7%
  9. 9. Luxembourg 99.7%
  10. 10. Finland 99.6%

Lowest 10

  1. 27. Romania 82.2%
  2. 26. Croatia 87.3%
  3. 25. Poland 88.7%
  4. 24. Portugal 95.2%
  5. 23. Ireland 96.1%
  6. 22. Bulgaria 96.2%
  7. 21. Greece 96.7%
  8. 20. Lithuania 96.7%
  9. 19. Italy 96.8%
  10. 18. Latvia 97.0%

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.

Full ranking

Safely managed drinking water by country, 2024, European Union (27 countries)
#CountryValuePeriodRelative size
1 Hungary 100.0% 2024
2 Netherlands 100.0% 2024
3 Denmark 99.9% 2024
4 Germany 99.9% 2024
5 Malta 99.8% 2024
6 Sweden 99.8% 2024
7 Cyprus 99.7% 2024
8 France 99.7% 2024
9 Luxembourg 99.7% 2024
10 Finland 99.6% 2024
11 Slovenia 99.6% 2024
12 Slovakia 99.6% 2024
13 Belgium 99.5% 2024
14 Spain 99.5% 2024
15 Estonia 98.9% 2024
16 Austria 98.9% 2024
17 Czechia 98.1% 2024
18 Latvia 97.0% 2024
19 Italy 96.8% 2024
20 Lithuania 96.7% 2024
21 Greece 96.7% 2024
22 Bulgaria 96.2% 2024
23 Ireland 96.1% 2024
24 Portugal 95.2% 2024
25 Poland 88.7% 2024
26 Croatia 87.3% 2024
27 Romania 82.2% 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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