environmental2024

People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of rural population)

Name: People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of rural population)
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: environmental, % of rural population, people, using, least, basic, drinking, water, services, rural, population

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2024. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•174 countries

Loading visualization...

Key Insights

Global Average

83.7% of rural population

Median: 93.4% of rural population

Countries Covered

174

with available data

Highest

Denmark

100.0% of rural population

Lowest

Democratic Republic of the Congo

13.8% of rural population

Top 5 Countries

1Denmark100.0% of rural population

2Estonia100.0% of rural population

3Finland100.0% of rural population

4France100.0% of rural population

5State of Palestine100.0% of rural population

By Region

Oceania100.0% of rural population(2 countries)

Europe98.9% of rural population(30 countries)

North America96.3% of rural population(4 countries)

Asia92.5% of rural population(19 countries)

South America90.6% of rural population(7 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (13.8% of rural population)High (100.0% of rural population)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 83.7% of rural population)

Oceania (2)

Europe (30)

North America (4)

Asia (19)

South America (7)

Other (103)

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

Methodology

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

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Denmark	100.0% of rural population
2	Estonia	100.0% of rural population
3	Finland	100.0% of rural population
4	France	100.0% of rural population
5	State of Palestine	100.0% of rural population
6	Germany	100.0% of rural population
7	Greece	100.0% of rural population
8	Greenland	100.0% of rural population
9	Hungary	100.0% of rural population
10	Iceland	100.0% of rural population
11	Israel	100.0% of rural population
12	Luxembourg	100.0% of rural population
13	Malta	100.0% of rural population
14	Netherlands	100.0% of rural population
15	New Zealand	100.0% of rural population
16	Norway	100.0% of rural population
17	Romania	100.0% of rural population
18	San Marino	100.0% of rural population
19	Slovakia	100.0% of rural population
20	Spain	100.0% of rural population
21	Switzerland	100.0% of rural population
22	Thailand	100.0% of rural population
23	United Arab Emirates	100.0% of rural population
24	Turkmenistan	100.0% of rural population
25	United Kingdom	100.0% of rural population
26	United States of America	100.0% of rural population
27	Andorra	100.0% of rural population
28	Australia	100.0% of rural population
29	Austria	100.0% of rural population
30	Armenia	100.0% of rural population
31	Belgium	100.0% of rural population
32	Brazil	100.0% of rural population
33	Maldives	99.9% of rural population
34	Tuvalu	99.9% of rural population
35	Belarus	99.9% of rural population
36	Mauritius	99.9% of rural population
37	Croatia	99.9% of rural population
38	Lithuania	99.7% of rural population
39	Ukraine	99.7% of rural population
40	Cyprus	99.7% of rural population
41	Saudi Arabia	99.6% of rural population
42	Costa Rica	99.6% of rural population
43	Sweden	99.6% of rural population
44	Montenegro	99.5% of rural population
45	Samoa	99.3% of rural population
46	Bhutan	99.3% of rural population
47	Paraguay	99.1% of rural population
48	Palau	99.1% of rural population
49	Trinidad and Tobago	99.0% of rural population
50	Antigua and Barbuda	99.0% of rural population
51	Bangladesh	98.8% of rural population
52	Tonga	98.6% of rural population
53	Latvia	98.5% of rural population
54	Czech Republic	98.5% of rural population
55	Vietnam	98.5% of rural population
56	Canada	98.5% of rural population
57	Saint Lucia	98.2% of rural population
58	The Republic of North Macedonia	98.1% of rural population
59	Ireland	98.0% of rural population
60	Jordan	97.8% of rural population
61	Portugal	97.8% of rural population
62	Kazakhstan	97.6% of rural population
63	Bulgaria	97.5% of rural population
64	Mexico	97.5% of rural population
65	Bosnia and Herzegovina	97.3% of rural population
66	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	97.0% of rural population
67	Dominica	96.6% of rural population
68	Suriname	96.6% of rural population
69	Uzbekistan	96.4% of rural population
70	Egypt	96.3% of rural population
71	Guyana	95.7% of rural population
72	Uruguay	95.3% of rural population
73	Serbia	95.3% of rural population
74	Malaysia	95.2% of rural population
75	India	94.9% of rural population
76	Iraq	94.8% of rural population
77	Dominican Republic	94.8% of rural population
78	Islamic Republic of Iran	94.8% of rural population
79	Azerbaijan	94.7% of rural population
80	Türkiye	94.5% of rural population
81	Albania	94.1% of rural population
82	Nepal	94.0% of rural population
83	Marshall Islands	93.9% of rural population
84	People's Republic of China	93.8% of rural population
85	Georgia	93.7% of rural population
86	Chile	93.6% of rural population
87	Philippines	93.6% of rural population
88	Lao People's Democratic Republic	93.2% of rural population
89	Argentina	93.0% of rural population
90	Tunisia	92.9% of rural population
91	Kyrgyzstan	92.1% of rural population
92	Syrian Arab Republic	92.1% of rural population
93	Cuba	91.9% of rural population
94	Turks and Caicos Islands	91.8% of rural population
95	Belize	91.3% of rural population
96	Fiji	91.0% of rural population
97	Honduras	90.3% of rural population
98	Russian Federation	90.3% of rural population
99	Pakistan	89.3% of rural population
100	Guatemala	89.2% of rural population
101	North Korea	88.8% of rural population
102	Moldova, Republic of	88.7% of rural population
103	Sri Lanka	88.4% of rural population
104	Panama	87.8% of rural population
105	Peru	87.3% of rural population
106	Tajikistan	86.9% of rural population
107	Cape Verde	86.2% of rural population
108	Algeria	84.9% of rural population
109	Jamaica	84.1% of rural population
110	Colombia	83.7% of rural population
111	Vanuatu	83.5% of rural population
112	Comoros	82.9% of rural population
113	Timor-Leste	82.3% of rural population
114	Poland	81.7% of rural population
115	Ecuador	81.4% of rural population
116	Myanmar	80.7% of rural population
117	Morocco	80.6% of rural population
118	Senegal	80.6% of rural population
119	El Salvador	80.4% of rural population
120	Indonesia	80.4% of rural population
121	Mali	80.0% of rural population
122	Cambodia	78.9% of rural population
123	Bolivia	78.7% of rural population
124	Republic of The Gambia	78.4% of rural population
125	Botswana	77.9% of rural population
126	Ghana	76.3% of rural population
127	Oman	76.3% of rural population
128	Afghanistan	74.8% of rural population
129	Eswatini	74.4% of rural population
130	Namibia	74.3% of rural population
131	Sao Tome and Principe	73.4% of rural population
132	South Africa	73.0% of rural population
133	Lesotho	70.6% of rural population
134	Liberia	70.3% of rural population
135	Malawi	70.1% of rural population
136	Somalia	67.5% of rural population
137	Nigeria	66.6% of rural population
138	Yemen	65.9% of rural population
139	Solomon Islands	64.5% of rural population
140	Cote d'Ivoire	63.9% of rural population
141	Kiribati	63.6% of rural population
142	Mongolia	63.5% of rural population
143	Benin	63.1% of rural population
144	Djibouti	62.5% of rural population
145	Guinea	62.2% of rural population
146	Burundi	61.4% of rural population
147	Sudan	59.6% of rural population
148	Mauritania	58.8% of rural population
149	Zambia	58.5% of rural population
150	Togo	57.5% of rural population
151	Sierra Leone	57.0% of rural population
152	Uganda	56.6% of rural population
153	Cameroon	56.2% of rural population
154	Kenya	55.6% of rural population
155	Rwanda	55.6% of rural population
156	Haiti	54.7% of rural population
157	Zimbabwe	54.4% of rural population
158	Guinea-Bissau	52.6% of rural population
159	Mozambique	51.9% of rural population
160	United Republic of Tanzania	51.3% of rural population
161	Gabon	49.1% of rural population
162	Papua New Guinea	48.3% of rural population
163	Ethiopia	47.0% of rural population
164	Niger	46.4% of rural population
165	Republic of the Congo	44.2% of rural population
166	Chad	43.8% of rural population
167	Madagascar	39.3% of rural population
168	Angola	36.9% of rural population
169	Burkina Faso	34.4% of rural population
170	South Sudan	32.5% of rural population
171	Equatorial Guinea	30.8% of rural population
172	Eritrea	27.8% of rural population
173	Central African Republic	27.4% of rural population
174	Democratic Republic of the Congo	13.8% of rural population

Showing 174 of 174 countries

Topics

#environmental #% of rural population #people #using #least #basic #drinking #water #services #rural #population

Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2024).

View Original Source