environmental2024

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

Name: People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of urban population)
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: environmental, % of urban population, people, using, least, basic, drinking, water, services, urban, 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•184 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

94.8% of urban population

Median: 98.2% of urban population

Countries Covered

184

with available data

Highest

Denmark

100.0% of urban population

Lowest

Central African Republic

48.1% of urban population

Top 5 Countries

1Denmark100.0% of urban population

2Estonia100.0% of urban population

3Finland100.0% of urban population

4France100.0% of urban population

5Germany100.0% of urban population

By Region

Oceania100.0% of urban population(2 countries)

South America99.3% of urban population(7 countries)

Europe99.2% of urban population(30 countries)

North America98.7% of urban population(4 countries)

Asia98.0% of urban population(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% of urban population)High (100.0% of urban population)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 94.8% of urban population)

Oceania (2)

South America (7)

Europe (30)

North America (4)

Asia (22)

Africa (9)

Other (110)

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

Showing 184 of 184 countries

Topics

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Data Source

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

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