environmental2024

Share of the urban population using at least a basic drinking water source

Name: Share of the urban population using at least a basic drinking water source
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: environmental, %, share, the, urban, population, using, least, basic, 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•188 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

94.9%

Median: 98.3%

Countries Covered

188

with available data

Highest

Denmark

100.0%

Lowest

Central African Republic

48.1%

Top 5 Countries

1Denmark100.0%

2Estonia100.0%

3Falkland Islands (Malvinas)100.0%

4Finland100.0%

5France100.0%

By Region

Oceania100.0%(2 countries)

South America99.3%(7 countries)

Europe99.2%(30 countries)

North America98.7%(4 countries)

Asia98.0%(22 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (48.1%)High (100.0%)

Regional Comparison

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

Oceania (2)

South America (7)

Europe (30)

North America (4)

Asia (22)

Africa (9)

Other (114)

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	Denmark	100.0%
2	Estonia	100.0%
3	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	100.0%
4	Finland	100.0%
5	France	100.0%
6	Germany	100.0%
7	Gibraltar	100.0%
8	Greece	100.0%
9	Hong Kong	100.0%
10	Hungary	100.0%
11	Iceland	100.0%
12	Israel	100.0%
13	Kuwait	100.0%
14	Lao People's Democratic Republic	100.0%
15	Lithuania	100.0%
16	Luxembourg	100.0%
17	Macao	100.0%
18	Malta	100.0%
19	Mauritius	100.0%
20	Mexico	100.0%
21	Monaco	100.0%
22	Netherlands	100.0%
23	New Zealand	100.0%
24	Norway	100.0%
25	Romania	100.0%
26	Saint Barthélemy	100.0%
27	San Marino	100.0%
28	Singapore	100.0%
29	Switzerland	100.0%
30	Thailand	100.0%
31	United Arab Emirates	100.0%
32	United Kingdom	100.0%
33	Samoa	100.0%
34	Andorra	100.0%
35	Austria	100.0%
36	Belgium	100.0%
37	Bermuda	100.0%
38	Brazil	100.0%
39	Portugal	100.0%
40	United States of America	100.0%
41	Australia	100.0%
42	Croatia	99.9%
43	Saint Martin (French part)	99.9%
44	Colombia	99.9%
45	Spain	99.9%
46	Belarus	99.9%
47	Armenia	99.9%
48	Paraguay	99.9%
49	Turkmenistan	99.9%
50	Costa Rica	99.8%
51	Bhutan	99.8%
52	Azerbaijan	99.8%
53	Uruguay	99.8%
54	Chile	99.8%
55	Argentina	99.8%
56	Tonga	99.8%
57	Iraq	99.8%
58	Sweden	99.8%
59	Cyprus	99.7%
60	Bulgaria	99.7%
61	Palau	99.6%
62	Slovakia	99.6%
63	Georgia	99.6%
64	Maldives	99.5%
65	Cook Islands	99.5%
66	Kyrgyzstan	99.5%
67	Trinidad and Tobago	99.5%
68	Jordan	99.4%
69	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	99.3%
70	Turks and Caicos Islands	99.2%
71	Honduras	99.2%
72	Bolivia	99.2%
73	Montenegro	99.2%
74	Vietnam	99.2%
75	Ghana	99.1%
76	Russian Federation	99.0%
77	Saudi Arabia	98.9%
78	Belize	98.9%
79	Latvia	98.9%
80	Czech Republic	98.8%
81	Bangladesh	98.8%
82	Antigua and Barbuda	98.7%
83	Islamic Republic of Iran	98.7%
84	Suriname	98.7%
85	Fiji	98.7%
86	Malaysia	98.7%
87	Egypt	98.6%
88	Panama	98.5%
89	State of Palestine	98.4%
90	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	98.4%
91	Tunisia	98.3%
92	Morocco	98.3%
93	Philippines	98.3%
94	The Republic of North Macedonia	98.3%
95	Canada	98.3%
96	Tuvalu	98.2%
97	Eswatini	98.1%
98	Uzbekistan	98.1%
99	Kazakhstan	98.0%
100	Dominican Republic	97.9%
101	Moldova, Republic of	97.9%
102	Nauru	97.8%
103	Peru	97.8%
104	South Africa	97.8%
105	Ecuador	97.8%
106	Timor-Leste	97.7%
107	Sri Lanka	97.6%
108	Saint Lucia	97.5%
109	Anguilla	97.5%
110	People's Republic of China	97.3%
111	Vanuatu	97.2%
112	Dominica	97.1%
113	India	97.1%
114	North Korea	96.9%
115	Afghanistan	96.9%
116	Botswana	96.8%
117	Guatemala	96.7%
118	Ireland	96.6%
119	Türkiye	96.4%
120	Namibia	96.2%
121	Mongolia	96.1%
122	Cuba	96.1%
123	Myanmar	96.0%
124	Albania	95.7%
125	Poland	95.6%
126	Syrian Arab Republic	95.6%
127	Serbia	95.5%
128	Guyana	95.5%
129	Cayman Islands	95.5%
130	Senegal	95.4%
131	El Salvador	95.2%
132	Cape Verde	95.1%
133	Nigeria	95.1%
134	Indonesia	95.0%
135	Tajikistan	94.9%
136	Bosnia and Herzegovina	94.9%
137	Algeria	94.8%
138	Lesotho	94.7%
139	Oman	94.7%
140	Cambodia	94.1%
141	Zimbabwe	93.7%
142	Mali	93.5%
143	Guinea	93.3%
144	Pakistan	92.9%
145	Gabon	92.4%
146	Nepal	92.3%
147	Republic of The Gambia	91.8%
148	Solomon Islands	91.3%
149	Burundi	91.2%
150	Ukraine	90.8%
151	Mauritania	90.4%
152	Zambia	90.3%
153	Jamaica	90.1%
154	Kiribati	90.0%
155	Comoros	89.9%
156	Eritrea	89.7%
157	Mozambique	89.4%
158	Kenya	88.9%
159	Cote d'Ivoire	88.7%
160	Yemen	88.5%
161	Rwanda	87.8%
162	Niger	87.3%
163	Republic of the Congo	87.1%
164	United Republic of Tanzania	86.2%
165	Liberia	86.0%
166	Malawi	86.0%
167	Marshall Islands	85.8%
168	Haiti	85.5%
169	Papua New Guinea	84.4%
170	Djibouti	84.3%
171	Somalia	83.6%
172	Ethiopia	83.5%
173	Angola	81.7%
174	Sierra Leone	81.7%
175	Cameroon	81.6%
176	Burkina Faso	81.5%
177	Uganda	80.0%
178	Sao Tome and Principe	79.3%
179	Madagascar	78.2%
180	Equatorial Guinea	78.1%
181	Chad	77.9%
182	Benin	75.9%
183	Sudan	73.9%
184	Togo	73.6%
185	Guinea-Bissau	72.7%
186	South Sudan	66.1%
187	Democratic Republic of the Congo	59.3%
188	Central African Republic	48.1%

Showing 188 of 188 countries

Topics

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Data Source

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

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