environmental2024

Share of the population using an improved drinking water source

Name: Share of the population using an improved drinking water source
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: environmental, %, share, the, population, using, improved, drinking, water, source

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•231 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

94.9%

Median: 98.8%

Countries Covered

231

with available data

Highest

Costa Rica

100.0%

Lowest

Democratic Republic of the Congo

59.8%

Top 5 Countries

1Costa Rica100.0%

2Denmark100.0%

3Estonia100.0%

4Faroe Islands100.0%

5Finland100.0%

By Region

Oceania100.0%(2 countries)

Europe99.4%(32 countries)

South America98.2%(7 countries)

North America98.2%(4 countries)

Asia97.9%(26 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (59.8%)High (100.0%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 94.9%)

Oceania (2)

Europe (32)

South America (7)

North America (4)

Asia (26)

Other (151)

Africa (9)

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 2024; 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 ↕
1	Costa Rica	100.0%
2	Denmark	100.0%
3	Estonia	100.0%
4	Faroe Islands	100.0%
5	Finland	100.0%
6	France	100.0%
7	French Polynesia	100.0%
8	State of Palestine	100.0%
9	Germany	100.0%
10	Gibraltar	100.0%
11	Greece	100.0%
12	Greenland	100.0%
13	Hong Kong	100.0%
14	Hungary	100.0%
15	Iceland	100.0%
16	Israel	100.0%
17	South Korea	100.0%
18	Kuwait	100.0%
19	Lebanon	100.0%
20	Liechtenstein	100.0%
21	Luxembourg	100.0%
22	Macao	100.0%
23	Malta	100.0%
24	Monaco	100.0%
25	Netherlands	100.0%
26	Curaçao	100.0%
27	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	100.0%
28	New Zealand	100.0%
29	Norway	100.0%
30	Northern Mariana Islands	100.0%
31	Paraguay	100.0%
32	Puerto Rico	100.0%
33	Romania	100.0%
34	Saint Barthélemy	100.0%
35	Singapore	100.0%
36	Slovakia	100.0%
37	Switzerland	100.0%
38	Thailand	100.0%
39	Tokelau	100.0%
40	United Arab Emirates	100.0%
41	United Kingdom	100.0%
42	Isle of Man	100.0%
43	Uruguay	100.0%
44	American Samoa	100.0%
45	Andorra	100.0%
46	Austria	100.0%
47	Belgium	100.0%
48	Bermuda	100.0%
49	Brazil	100.0%
50	Brunei Darussalam	100.0%
51	San Marino	100.0%
52	Qatar	100.0%
53	United States of America	100.0%
54	Australia	100.0%
55	Bosnia and Herzegovina	100.0%
56	Saint Lucia	99.9%
57	Armenia	99.9%
58	Bhutan	99.9%
59	Mauritius	99.9%
60	Guadeloupe	99.9%
61	Spain	99.9%
62	Czech Republic	99.9%
63	Saint Martin (French part)	99.9%
64	Turkmenistan	99.9%
65	Bahrain	99.9%
66	Lithuania	99.9%
67	Italy	99.9%
68	Syrian Arab Republic	99.9%
69	Croatia	99.9%
70	Belarus	99.9%
71	Reunion	99.9%
72	Virgin Islands, British	99.9%
73	Tonga	99.8%
74	Libya	99.8%
75	Montenegro	99.8%
76	Kazakhstan	99.8%
77	Maldives	99.8%
78	Turks and Caicos Islands	99.8%
79	The Republic of North Macedonia	99.8%
80	Oman	99.8%
81	Sweden	99.8%
82	Islamic Republic of Iran	99.7%
83	Cyprus	99.7%
84	Saudi Arabia	99.7%
85	Martinique	99.6%
86	Cook Islands	99.6%
87	Slovenia	99.6%
88	Mexico	99.5%
89	New Caledonia	99.5%
90	Palau	99.5%
91	Guam	99.5%
92	Bangladesh	99.5%
93	Trinidad and Tobago	99.5%
94	Virgin Islands, U.S.	99.5%
95	Latvia	99.5%
96	Samoa	99.4%
97	Barbados	99.4%
98	Jordan	99.4%
99	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	99.3%
100	Saint Helena	99.3%
101	Portugal	99.3%
102	Wallis and Futuna	99.3%
103	Iraq	99.3%
104	Serbia	99.3%
105	Bulgaria	99.2%
106	Japan	99.2%
107	Ukraine	99.2%
108	Tuvalu	99.1%
109	Chile	99.1%
110	El Salvador	99.1%
111	Suriname	99.1%
112	Argentina	99.0%
113	Türkiye	99.0%
114	Bahamas	98.9%
115	Antigua and Barbuda	98.9%
116	Azerbaijan	98.8%
117	Marshall Islands	98.8%
118	Vietnam	98.8%
119	Uzbekistan	98.7%
120	Philippines	98.7%
121	Tunisia	98.6%
122	Saint Kitts and Nevis	98.6%
123	Sao Tome and Principe	98.4%
124	Nauru	98.4%
125	Georgia	98.3%
126	Malaysia	98.3%
127	Canada	98.3%
128	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	98.2%
129	Niue	98.1%
130	Guyana	98.1%
131	India	98.1%
132	Egypt	98.1%
133	Montserrat	98.1%
134	Jamaica	98.1%
135	Jersey	98.1%
136	Cape Verde	98.0%
137	Dominican Republic	97.9%
138	Cuba	97.8%
139	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	97.7%
140	Seychelles	97.7%
141	South Africa	97.6%
142	Russian Federation	97.5%
143	Anguilla	97.5%
144	Colombia	97.3%
145	Kyrgyzstan	97.2%
146	Algeria	97.1%
147	Panama	97.1%
148	Ireland	97.1%
149	Nepal	97.1%
150	Dominica	97.0%
151	Albania	97.0%
152	Grenada	96.8%
153	Honduras	96.8%
154	Aruba	96.7%
155	Mayotte	96.4%
156	People's Republic of China	96.3%
157	Fiji	96.3%
158	Peru	96.2%
159	Morocco	96.1%
160	Botswana	96.0%
161	Belize	96.0%
162	Comoros	96.0%
163	Ecuador	96.0%
164	Lao People's Democratic Republic	95.9%
165	Cayman Islands	95.5%
166	Indonesia	95.3%
167	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	95.3%
168	Djibouti	95.3%
169	Pakistan	95.1%
170	French Guiana	94.8%
171	Guatemala	94.8%
172	North Korea	94.6%
173	Ghana	94.4%
174	Gabon	94.4%
175	Moldova, Republic of	94.3%
176	Malawi	94.2%
177	Venezuela	93.8%
178	Sudan	93.7%
179	Bolivia	93.5%
180	Namibia	93.5%
181	Republic of The Gambia	93.0%
182	Cambodia	92.1%
183	Tajikistan	92.0%
184	Timor-Leste	91.9%
185	Mongolia	91.6%
186	Sri Lanka	91.5%
187	Mali	91.1%
188	Yemen	90.9%
189	Senegal	90.8%
190	Vanuatu	90.2%
191	Poland	90.1%
192	Micronesia, Federated States of	89.9%
193	Mauritania	89.6%
194	Liberia	87.5%
195	Lesotho	87.4%
196	Eswatini	86.5%
197	Myanmar	86.4%
198	Burundi	86.3%
199	Cameroon	86.3%
200	Guinea	86.2%
201	Nigeria	86.2%
202	Uganda	86.1%
203	Afghanistan	84.8%
204	Haiti	84.4%
205	Cote d'Ivoire	84.2%
206	Rwanda	84.2%
207	Republic of the Congo	83.8%
208	Kiribati	83.6%
209	Ethiopia	83.3%
210	Somalia	82.9%
211	Togo	82.3%
212	Burkina Faso	81.8%
213	Zimbabwe	81.5%
214	Zambia	80.5%
215	Angola	79.1%
216	Solomon Islands	77.8%
217	South Sudan	77.6%
218	United Republic of Tanzania	77.4%
219	Benin	77.0%
220	Guinea-Bissau	76.7%
221	Sierra Leone	75.6%
222	Mozambique	75.3%
223	Kenya	74.4%
224	Niger	70.2%
225	Eritrea	69.4%
226	Equatorial Guinea	67.6%
227	Chad	64.8%
228	Central African Republic	63.3%
229	Papua New Guinea	60.6%
230	Madagascar	60.4%
231	Democratic Republic of the Congo	59.8%

Showing 231 of 231 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).

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