environmental2023

Age-standardized Deaths from all causes attributed to unsafe water source per 100,000 people

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data204 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
10.4deaths per 100,000 people
Median: 1.4deaths per 100,000 people
Countries Covered
204
with available data
Highest
Chad
136.9deaths per 100,000 people
Lowest
San Marino
0.0deaths per 100,000 people
Top 5 Countries
1Chad136.9deaths per 100,000 people
2South Sudan131.3deaths per 100,000 people
3Central African Republic100.9deaths per 100,000 people
4Somalia69.5deaths per 100,000 people
5Niger67.5deaths per 100,000 people
By Region
Africa16.7deaths per 100,000 people(9 countries)
Other14.8deaths per 100,000 people(124 countries)
Asia4.6deaths per 100,000 people(26 countries)
North America4.0deaths per 100,000 people(4 countries)
South America0.8deaths per 100,000 people(7 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0deaths per 100,000 people)High (136.9deaths per 100,000 people)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 10.4deaths per 100,000 people)

Africa (9)
Other (124)
Asia (26)
North America (4)
South America (7)
Europe (32)
Oceania (2)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Chad136.9deaths per 100,000 people
2South Sudan131.3deaths per 100,000 people
3Central African Republic100.9deaths per 100,000 people
4Somalia69.5deaths per 100,000 people
5Niger67.5deaths per 100,000 people
6Sierra Leone64.8deaths per 100,000 people
7Burundi57.4deaths per 100,000 people
8Togo54.0deaths per 100,000 people
9Madagascar53.9deaths per 100,000 people
10Malawi45.9deaths per 100,000 people
11Guinea-Bissau43.5deaths per 100,000 people
12Cameroon40.8deaths per 100,000 people
13Eritrea40.7deaths per 100,000 people
14Ethiopia35.9deaths per 100,000 people
15Benin35.5deaths per 100,000 people
16Djibouti34.6deaths per 100,000 people
17Rwanda32.4deaths per 100,000 people
18Mozambique31.7deaths per 100,000 people
19India31.1deaths per 100,000 people
20Mali30.4deaths per 100,000 people
21Burkina Faso29.8deaths per 100,000 people
22Lao People's Democratic Republic29.3deaths per 100,000 people
23Papua New Guinea29.0deaths per 100,000 people
24Lesotho28.5deaths per 100,000 people
25Mauritania26.8deaths per 100,000 people
26Zambia26.0deaths per 100,000 people
27Republic of the Congo25.9deaths per 100,000 people
28Cote d'Ivoire25.8deaths per 100,000 people
29Angola25.7deaths per 100,000 people
30Kenya25.3deaths per 100,000 people
31Nigeria24.9deaths per 100,000 people
32Liberia24.7deaths per 100,000 people
33Guinea24.3deaths per 100,000 people
34United Republic of Tanzania23.2deaths per 100,000 people
35Pakistan21.9deaths per 100,000 people
36Zimbabwe21.4deaths per 100,000 people
37Comoros21.2deaths per 100,000 people
38Uganda20.4deaths per 100,000 people
39Senegal19.5deaths per 100,000 people
40Micronesia, Federated States of18.9deaths per 100,000 people
41Ghana18.6deaths per 100,000 people
42Kiribati18.3deaths per 100,000 people
43Bangladesh18.2deaths per 100,000 people
44Vanuatu17.8deaths per 100,000 people
45South Africa16.3deaths per 100,000 people
46Indonesia16.2deaths per 100,000 people
47Republic of The Gambia16.1deaths per 100,000 people
48Solomon Islands15.0deaths per 100,000 people
49Guatemala14.3deaths per 100,000 people
50Marshall Islands13.5deaths per 100,000 people
51Haiti13.3deaths per 100,000 people
52Tuvalu13.2deaths per 100,000 people
53Gabon13.0deaths per 100,000 people
54Botswana12.8deaths per 100,000 people
55Democratic Republic of the Congo12.3deaths per 100,000 people
56Palau12.3deaths per 100,000 people
57Bhutan11.9deaths per 100,000 people
58Namibia11.1deaths per 100,000 people
59Eswatini11.0deaths per 100,000 people
60Northern Mariana Islands10.3deaths per 100,000 people
61Nauru9.7deaths per 100,000 people
62Nepal9.7deaths per 100,000 people
63Myanmar9.4deaths per 100,000 people
64Equatorial Guinea9.4deaths per 100,000 people
65American Samoa7.3deaths per 100,000 people
66Sao Tome and Principe6.8deaths per 100,000 people
67Cape Verde6.4deaths per 100,000 people
68Fiji6.2deaths per 100,000 people
69Philippines6.0deaths per 100,000 people
70Cambodia5.5deaths per 100,000 people
71Afghanistan5.4deaths per 100,000 people
72Timor-Leste5.1deaths per 100,000 people
73Honduras4.9deaths per 100,000 people
74Thailand4.9deaths per 100,000 people
75Venezuela4.8deaths per 100,000 people
76Suriname4.8deaths per 100,000 people
77Maldives4.3deaths per 100,000 people
78Niue4.1deaths per 100,000 people
79Tokelau4.1deaths per 100,000 people
80Guam4.1deaths per 100,000 people
81Guyana3.7deaths per 100,000 people
82Samoa3.4deaths per 100,000 people
83Nicaragua3.3deaths per 100,000 people
84Seychelles2.9deaths per 100,000 people
85Sri Lanka2.7deaths per 100,000 people
86Dominican Republic2.6deaths per 100,000 people
87El Salvador2.5deaths per 100,000 people
88Yemen2.4deaths per 100,000 people
89Malaysia2.4deaths per 100,000 people
90Tajikistan2.3deaths per 100,000 people
91Tunisia2.2deaths per 100,000 people
92Sudan2.2deaths per 100,000 people
93Azerbaijan2.1deaths per 100,000 people
94Tonga2.0deaths per 100,000 people
95Saint Kitts and Nevis1.8deaths per 100,000 people
96Jamaica1.7deaths per 100,000 people
97Bolivia1.7deaths per 100,000 people
98Belize1.7deaths per 100,000 people
99Panama1.6deaths per 100,000 people
100Mexico1.6deaths per 100,000 people
101Morocco1.5deaths per 100,000 people
102Lebanon1.4deaths per 100,000 people
103Paraguay1.4deaths per 100,000 people
104Saudi Arabia1.4deaths per 100,000 people
105Brazil1.3deaths per 100,000 people
106Peru1.3deaths per 100,000 people
107Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1.3deaths per 100,000 people
108Iraq1.2deaths per 100,000 people
109Virgin Islands, U.S.1.2deaths per 100,000 people
110Trinidad and Tobago1.2deaths per 100,000 people
111Colombia1.2deaths per 100,000 people
112Vietnam1.1deaths per 100,000 people
113Mauritius1.1deaths per 100,000 people
114Dominica1.1deaths per 100,000 people
115Cook Islands1.1deaths per 100,000 people
116Egypt1.0deaths per 100,000 people
117Saint Lucia1.0deaths per 100,000 people
118Cuba1.0deaths per 100,000 people
119Algeria0.9deaths per 100,000 people
120Ecuador0.9deaths per 100,000 people
121Puerto Rico0.8deaths per 100,000 people
122Oman0.7deaths per 100,000 people
123Antigua and Barbuda0.7deaths per 100,000 people
124Grenada0.7deaths per 100,000 people
125United Arab Emirates0.6deaths per 100,000 people
126Türkiye0.6deaths per 100,000 people
127Romania0.6deaths per 100,000 people
128Hungary0.6deaths per 100,000 people
129Islamic Republic of Iran0.5deaths per 100,000 people
130Syrian Arab Republic0.5deaths per 100,000 people
131Czech Republic0.5deaths per 100,000 people
132Bahamas0.5deaths per 100,000 people
133Barbados0.5deaths per 100,000 people
134Bahrain0.5deaths per 100,000 people
135Poland0.5deaths per 100,000 people
136Turkmenistan0.5deaths per 100,000 people
137Libya0.5deaths per 100,000 people
138Costa Rica0.5deaths per 100,000 people
139Kyrgyzstan0.5deaths per 100,000 people
140The Republic of North Macedonia0.4deaths per 100,000 people
141Uruguay0.4deaths per 100,000 people
142State of Palestine0.4deaths per 100,000 people
143Argentina0.4deaths per 100,000 people
144Jordan0.3deaths per 100,000 people
145Bulgaria0.3deaths per 100,000 people
146Bosnia and Herzegovina0.3deaths per 100,000 people
147Chile0.3deaths per 100,000 people
148Slovakia0.3deaths per 100,000 people
149Croatia0.3deaths per 100,000 people
150Serbia0.3deaths per 100,000 people
151North Korea0.2deaths per 100,000 people
152Moldova, Republic of0.2deaths per 100,000 people
153Qatar0.2deaths per 100,000 people
154Greenland0.2deaths per 100,000 people
155Uzbekistan0.2deaths per 100,000 people
156South Korea0.2deaths per 100,000 people
157Albania0.2deaths per 100,000 people
158Mongolia0.2deaths per 100,000 people
159Kazakhstan0.2deaths per 100,000 people
160Cyprus0.2deaths per 100,000 people
161Bermuda0.2deaths per 100,000 people
162Brunei Darussalam0.2deaths per 100,000 people
163Armenia0.1deaths per 100,000 people
164New Zealand0.1deaths per 100,000 people
165Lithuania0.1deaths per 100,000 people
166People's Republic of China0.1deaths per 100,000 people
167Singapore0.1deaths per 100,000 people
168Denmark0.1deaths per 100,000 people
169Norway0.1deaths per 100,000 people
170Slovenia0.1deaths per 100,000 people
171Belgium0.1deaths per 100,000 people
172Japan0.1deaths per 100,000 people
173Russian Federation0.1deaths per 100,000 people
174Kuwait0.1deaths per 100,000 people
175Georgia0.1deaths per 100,000 people
176Taiwan, Province of China0.1deaths per 100,000 people
177Australia0.1deaths per 100,000 people
178Canada0.1deaths per 100,000 people
179Israel0.1deaths per 100,000 people
180Montenegro0.1deaths per 100,000 people
181Sweden0.1deaths per 100,000 people
182United States of America0.1deaths per 100,000 people
183Portugal0.1deaths per 100,000 people
184Luxembourg0.1deaths per 100,000 people
185Ukraine0.0deaths per 100,000 people
186Spain0.0deaths per 100,000 people
187Germany0.0deaths per 100,000 people
188France0.0deaths per 100,000 people
189Estonia0.0deaths per 100,000 people
190Latvia0.0deaths per 100,000 people
191Austria0.0deaths per 100,000 people
192Switzerland0.0deaths per 100,000 people
193Netherlands0.0deaths per 100,000 people
194Belarus0.0deaths per 100,000 people
195Italy0.0deaths per 100,000 people
196Iceland0.0deaths per 100,000 people
197United Kingdom0.0deaths per 100,000 people
198Ireland0.0deaths per 100,000 people
199Finland0.0deaths per 100,000 people
200Malta0.0deaths per 100,000 people
201Greece0.0deaths per 100,000 people
202Monaco0.0deaths per 100,000 people
203Andorra0.0deaths per 100,000 people
204San Marino0.0deaths per 100,000 people
Showing 204 of 204 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).

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