People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population)
Share of each country’s population using at least basic drinking water services (WHO/UNICEF JMP). Latest available year varies by country (2019–2023).
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Key Insights
- •Many high-income countries are effectively at universal (≈100%) access to at least basic drinking water.
- •Several conflict-affected or low-income countries remain far below 75%, indicating major access and time-burden gaps.
- •The measure captures both infrastructure and accessibility (collection time), making it more informative than ‘improved source’ alone.
- •Countries can score high on ‘basic’ while still facing quality issues that would reduce ‘safely managed’ coverage.
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 90.5%)
About This Statistic
This indicator measures the share of a country’s population using “at least basic” drinking water services—an improved water source where the round trip to collect water is 30 minutes or less (including waiting). It is a core SDG monitoring metric (SDG 6.1) produced by the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) and is widely used because it is comparable across countries and updated regularly.
Unlike “safely managed” drinking water, which requires additional quality and accessibility criteria, the “at least basic” measure focuses on whether people can reasonably access an improved source. It highlights not only infrastructure gaps, but also time burdens (especially in rural areas) where households may rely on improved sources that are still too far away.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus | 100.0% |
| 2 | Canada | 100.0% |
| 3 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% |
| 4 | Chile | 100.0% |
| 5 | People's Republic of China | 100.0% |
| 6 | Croatia | 100.0% |
| 7 | Cyprus | 100.0% |
| 8 | Czech Republic | 100.0% |
| 9 | Denmark | 100.0% |
| 10 | Estonia | 100.0% |
| 11 | Finland | 100.0% |
| 12 | France | 100.0% |
| 13 | Georgia | 100.0% |
| 14 | Germany | 100.0% |
| 15 | Greece | 100.0% |
| 16 | Hungary | 100.0% |
| 17 | Iceland | 100.0% |
| 18 | Ireland | 100.0% |
| 19 | Israel | 100.0% |
| 20 | Italy | 100.0% |
| 21 | Japan | 100.0% |
| 22 | North Korea | 100.0% |
| 23 | South Korea | 100.0% |
| 24 | Kuwait | 100.0% |
| 25 | Latvia | 100.0% |
| 26 | Libya | 100.0% |
| 27 | Lithuania | 100.0% |
| 28 | Luxembourg | 100.0% |
| 29 | Maldives | 100.0% |
| 30 | Mauritius | 100.0% |
| 31 | Oman | 100.0% |
| 32 | Netherlands | 100.0% |
| 33 | New Zealand | 100.0% |
| 34 | Norway | 100.0% |
| 35 | Poland | 100.0% |
| 36 | Portugal | 100.0% |
| 37 | Qatar | 100.0% |
| 38 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% |
| 39 | Singapore | 100.0% |
| 40 | Slovakia | 100.0% |
| 41 | Slovenia | 100.0% |
| 42 | Spain | 100.0% |
| 43 | Sweden | 100.0% |
| 44 | Switzerland | 100.0% |
| 45 | United Arab Emirates | 100.0% |
| 46 | Türkiye | 100.0% |
| 47 | United Kingdom | 100.0% |
| 48 | United States of America | 100.0% |
| 49 | Uruguay | 100.0% |
| 50 | Afghanistan | 100.0% |
| 51 | Albania | 100.0% |
| 52 | Algeria | 100.0% |
| 53 | Argentina | 100.0% |
| 54 | Australia | 100.0% |
| 55 | Austria | 100.0% |
| 56 | Bahamas | 100.0% |
| 57 | Bahrain | 100.0% |
| 58 | Belgium | 100.0% |
| 59 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100.0% |
| 60 | Botswana | 100.0% |
| 61 | Brazil | 100.0% |
| 62 | Romania | 99.9% |
| 63 | Thailand | 99.9% |
| 64 | Ukraine | 99.9% |
| 65 | Serbia | 99.8% |
| 66 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 99.8% |
| 67 | Trinidad and Tobago | 99.7% |
| 68 | Barbados | 99.7% |
| 69 | Costa Rica | 99.6% |
| 70 | Malaysia | 99.6% |
| 71 | Moldova, Republic of | 99.6% |
| 72 | Suriname | 99.6% |
| 73 | Bhutan | 99.6% |
| 74 | Russian Federation | 99.4% |
| 75 | Egypt | 99.4% |
| 76 | Colombia | 99.2% |
| 77 | Mexico | 99.2% |
| 78 | Uzbekistan | 99.2% |
| 79 | Solomon Islands | 99.2% |
| 80 | Benin | 99.1% |
| 81 | Jordan | 99.1% |
| 82 | Paraguay | 99.1% |
| 83 | Bulgaria | 98.9% |
| 84 | Guyana | 98.7% |
| 85 | Bangladesh | 98.7% |
| 86 | Armenia | 98.5% |
| 87 | Tunisia | 98.4% |
| 88 | Iraq | 97.9% |
| 89 | Lebanon | 97.7% |
| 90 | Samoa | 97.7% |
| 91 | Panama | 97.5% |
| 92 | Morocco | 97.4% |
| 93 | Kazakhstan | 96.8% |
| 94 | Brunei Darussalam | 96.7% |
| 95 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 96.5% |
| 96 | India | 96.4% |
| 97 | Philippines | 96.1% |
| 98 | Belize | 96.0% |
| 99 | Cuba | 95.9% |
| 100 | Venezuela | 95.9% |
| 101 | Vietnam | 95.6% |
| 102 | Ecuador | 95.3% |
| 103 | Bolivia | 95.1% |
| 104 | Dominican Republic | 94.5% |
| 105 | Honduras | 94.2% |
| 106 | Jamaica | 94.0% |
| 107 | Sri Lanka | 93.8% |
| 108 | Kyrgyzstan | 93.8% |
| 109 | Nepal | 93.4% |
| 110 | South Africa | 92.9% |
| 111 | El Salvador | 92.2% |
| 112 | Guatemala | 92.2% |
| 113 | Gabon | 92.0% |
| 114 | Montenegro | 91.7% |
| 115 | Namibia | 91.4% |
| 116 | Indonesia | 91.1% |
| 117 | Peru | 91.0% |
| 118 | Pakistan | 90.9% |
| 119 | Comoros | 90.1% |
| 120 | Central African Republic | 89.4% |
| 121 | Fiji | 88.0% |
| 122 | Nicaragua | 87.7% |
| 123 | Malta | 87.3% |
| 124 | Ghana | 85.7% |
| 125 | Myanmar | 84.3% |
| 126 | Senegal | 83.4% |
| 127 | Cambodia | 83.1% |
| 128 | Cote d'Ivoire | 82.4% |
| 129 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 82.0% |
| 130 | Mali | 81.9% |
| 131 | Nigeria | 81.4% |
| 132 | Republic of the Congo | 80.4% |
| 133 | Lesotho | 80.0% |
| 134 | Republic of The Gambia | 79.4% |
| 135 | Guinea-Bissau | 78.6% |
| 136 | Guinea | 78.4% |
| 137 | Rwanda | 78.0% |
| 138 | Timor-Leste | 77.5% |
| 139 | Zimbabwe | 77.4% |
| 140 | Cape Verde | 76.5% |
| 141 | Malawi | 76.2% |
| 142 | Sudan | 75.5% |
| 143 | Haiti | 74.6% |
| 144 | Cameroon | 74.1% |
| 145 | Eritrea | 73.9% |
| 146 | Burkina Faso | 73.7% |
| 147 | Uganda | 73.4% |
| 148 | Tajikistan | 73.2% |
| 149 | Togo | 71.3% |
| 150 | Djibouti | 70.7% |
| 151 | Kenya | 70.4% |
| 152 | Liberia | 69.9% |
| 153 | Mongolia | 69.2% |
| 154 | Yemen | 69.1% |
| 155 | United Republic of Tanzania | 68.3% |
| 156 | Angola | 67.6% |
| 157 | Burundi | 67.3% |
| 158 | Zambia | 65.4% |
| 159 | Ethiopia | 65.2% |
| 160 | Mozambique | 64.8% |
| 161 | Mauritania | 63.9% |
| 162 | Sierra Leone | 63.4% |
| 163 | Madagascar | 61.3% |
| 164 | Chad | 58.3% |
| 165 | Niger | 56.9% |
| 166 | Somalia | 56.0% |
| 167 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 52.5% |
| 168 | New Caledonia | 52.1% |
| 169 | Papua New Guinea | 41.6% |
| 170 | South Sudan | 41.0% |
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Data Source
This data comes from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2022).
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