People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) - Country Ranking

Definition: The percentage of people using at least basic water services. This indicator encompasses both people using basic water services as well as those using safely managed water services. Basic drinking water services is defined as drinking water from an improved source, provided collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a round trip. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Belgium 100.00 2020
1 Switzerland 100.00 2020
1 Germany 100.00 2020
1 Denmark 100.00 2020
1 Finland 100.00 2020
1 United Kingdom 100.00 2020
1 Greece 100.00 2020
1 Greenland 100.00 2020
1 Hong Kong SAR, China 100.00 2020
1 Kuwait 100.00 2020
1 Macao SAR, China 100.00 2020
1 Malta 100.00 2020
1 Netherlands 100.00 2020
1 Nauru 100.00 2020
1 Singapore 100.00 2020
1 Tuvalu 100.00 2020
1 Andorra 100.00 2020
1 Austria 100.00 2020
1 Bahrain 100.00 2020
1 Chile 100.00 2020
1 France 100.00 2020
1 Hungary 100.00 2020
1 Iceland 100.00 2020
1 Israel 100.00 2020
1 Liechtenstein 100.00 2020
1 Monaco 100.00 2020
1 New Zealand 100.00 2020
1 Puerto Rico 100.00 2020
1 Romania 100.00 2020
1 Saudi Arabia 100.00 2020
1 San Marino 100.00 2020
1 Thailand 100.00 2020
1 Turkmenistan 100.00 2020
34 Norway 100.00 2020
35 Armenia 99.97 2020
36 Australia 99.97 2020
37 Poland 99.97 2020
38 United Arab Emirates 99.97 2020
39 Korea 99.93 2020
40 Spain 99.93 2020
41 Italy 99.92 2020
42 Portugal 99.91 2020
43 Brunei 99.90 2020
44 Libya 99.89 2020
45 United States 99.88 2020
46 Czech Republic 99.88 2020
47 Luxembourg 99.88 2020
48 Mauritius 99.87 2020
49 Sweden 99.83 2020
50 Costa Rica 99.81 2020
51 Slovak Republic 99.79 2020
52 Cyprus 99.77 2020
53 Mexico 99.68 2020
54 Palau 99.66 2020
55 Paraguay 99.59 2020
56 Estonia 99.59 2020
57 Qatar 99.57 2020
58 Slovenia 99.50 2020
59 Uruguay 99.50 2020
60 Egypt 99.44 2020
61 Brazil 99.32 2020
62 New Caledonia 99.31 2020
63 Canada 99.22 2020
64 Japan 99.08 2020
65 Argentina 99.02 2016
66 Bulgaria 99.01 2020
67 Jordan 98.94 2020
68 The Bahamas 98.89 2019
69 Trinidad and Tobago 98.88 2020
70 Montenegro 98.86 2020
71 Latvia 98.78 2020
72 Tonga 98.73 2020
73 Croatia 98.68 2007
74 St. Kitts and Nevis 98.61 2017
75 Barbados 98.51 2020
76 Belize 98.40 2020
77 Iraq 98.36 2020
78 Lithuania 98.01 2020
79 Suriname 97.99 2020
80 El Salvador 97.95 2020
81 Uzbekistan 97.83 2020
82 North Macedonia 97.74 2020
83 Bangladesh 97.70 2020
84 Tunisia 97.54 2020
85 Colombia 97.49 2020
86 Iran 97.48 2020
87 Ireland 97.40 2020
88 Georgia 97.35 2020
89 Bhutan 97.31 2020
90 Malaysia 97.10 2020
91 Turkey 97.01 2020
92 Cuba 97.00 2020
93 Russia 96.99 2020
94 St. Lucia 96.89 2020
95 Vietnam 96.88 2020
96 Seychelles 96.85 2019
97 Antigua and Barbuda 96.74 2017
98 Dominican Republic 96.69 2020
99 Belarus 96.53 2020
100 Cayman Islands 96.13 2016
101 Bosnia and Herzegovina 96.11 2020
102 Azerbaijan 96.04 2020
103 Honduras 95.69 2020
104 Grenada 95.63 2017
105 Guyana 95.55 2020
106 Kazakhstan 95.43 2020
107 Dominica 95.42 2017
108 Ecuador 95.36 2020
109 Serbia 95.30 2020
110 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 95.15 2018
111 Albania 95.07 2020
112 Algeria 94.44 2020
113 Panama 94.37 2020
114 Fiji 94.30 2020
115 China 94.26 2020
116 Philippines 94.11 2020
117 Guatemala 94.01 2020
118 Ukraine 93.93 2020
119 Syrian Arab Republic 93.93 2020
120 South Africa 93.89 2020
121 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 93.84 2020
122 Venezuela 93.69 2020
123 Bolivia 93.39 2020
124 Peru 93.14 2020
125 Lebanon 92.60 2020
126 Indonesia 92.42 2020
127 Sri Lanka 92.23 2020
128 Botswana 92.21 2020
129 Oman 92.17 2020
130 Samoa 91.84 2020
131 Kyrgyz Republic 91.70 2020
132 Vanuatu 91.23 2020
133 Jamaica 91.03 2020
134 Moldova 90.57 2020
135 India 90.49 2020
136 Morocco 90.40 2020
137 Pakistan 90.15 2020
138 Nepal 90.07 2020
139 Cabo Verde 88.77 2020
140 Ghana 85.79 2020
141 Mongolia 85.50 2020
142 Timor-Leste 85.50 2020
143 Gabon 85.34 2020
144 Lao PDR 85.22 2020
145 Senegal 84.91 2020
146 Namibia 84.27 2020
147 Myanmar 83.72 2020
148 Mali 82.55 2020
149 Tajikistan 81.85 2020
150 Nicaragua 81.71 2020
151 The Gambia 80.94 2020
152 Comoros 80.21 2019
153 São Tomé and Principe 78.23 2020
154 Kiribati 77.97 2020
155 Nigeria 77.61 2020
156 Djibouti 76.05 2020
157 Liberia 75.26 2020
158 Afghanistan 75.09 2020
159 Congo 73.78 2020
160 Lesotho 72.18 2020
161 Mauritania 71.68 2020
162 Cambodia 71.22 2020
163 Côte d'Ivoire 70.91 2020
164 Eswatini 70.75 2020
165 Malawi 70.05 2020
166 Togo 68.58 2020
167 Solomon Islands 67.30 2020
168 Haiti 66.70 2020
169 Cameroon 65.72 2020
170 Benin 65.41 2020
171 Zambia 65.41 2020
172 Equatorial Guinea 64.67 2017
173 Guinea 63.96 2020
174 Sierra Leone 63.77 2020
175 Mozambique 63.37 2020
176 Zimbabwe 62.67 2020
177 Burundi 62.21 2020
178 Kenya 61.63 2020
179 Tanzania 60.72 2020
180 Yemen 60.66 2020
181 Sudan 60.45 2020
182 Rwanda 60.41 2020
183 Guinea-Bissau 59.02 2020
184 Angola 57.17 2020
185 Somalia 56.48 2020
186 Uganda 55.86 2020
187 Madagascar 53.39 2020
188 Eritrea 51.85 2016
189 Ethiopia 49.62 2020
190 Burkina Faso 47.21 2020
191 Niger 46.91 2020
192 Chad 46.19 2020
193 Dem. Rep. Congo 45.95 2020
194 Papua New Guinea 45.34 2020
195 Central African Republic 37.20 2020

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Development Relevance: Water is considered to be the most important resource for sustaining ecosystems, which provide life-supporting services for people, animals, and plants. Global access to safe water and proper hygiene education can reduce illness and death from disease, leading to improved health, poverty reduction, and socio-economic development. However, many countries are challenged to provide these basic necessities to their populations, leaving people at risk for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)-related diseases. Because contaminated water is a major cause of illness and death, water quality is a determining factor in human poverty, education, and economic opportunities. Lack of access to adequate drinking water services contributes to deaths and illness, especially in children. Water based disease transmission by drinking contaminated water is responsible for significant outbreaks of diseases such as cholera and typhoid and includes diarrheal diseases, viral hepatitis A, cholera, dysentery and dracunculiasis (Guineaworm disease). Improving access to clean drinking water is a crucial element in the reduction of under-five mortality and morbidity and there is evidence that ensuring higher levels of drinking water services has a greater impact. Women and children spend millions of hours each year fetching water. The chore diverts their time from other important activities (for example attending school, caring for children, participating in the economy). When water is not available on premises and has to be collected, women and girls are almost two and a half times more likely than men and boys to be the main water carriers for their families. Many international organizations use access to safe drinking water and hygienic sanitation facilities as a measure for progress in the fight against poverty, disease, and death. Access to safe drinking water is also considered to be a human right, not a privilege, for every man, woman, and child. Economic benefits of safe drinking water services include higher economic productivity, more education, and health-care savings.

Limitations and Exceptions: National, regional and income group estimates are made when data are available for at least 50 percent of the population.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Data on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene are produced by the Joint Monitoring Programme of the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) based on administrative sources, national censuses and nationally representative household surveys. WHO/UNICEF defines a basic drinking water service as drinking water from an improved source, provided collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a round trip. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual