environmental2024

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

Name: People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population)
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: environmental, % of population, people, using, least, basic, drinking, water, services, 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•214 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

90.7% of population

Median: 97.3% of population

Countries Covered

214

with available data

Highest

Faroe Islands

100.0% of population

Lowest

Democratic Republic of the Congo

35.7% of population

Top 5 Countries

1Faroe Islands100.0% of population

2French Polynesia100.0% of population

3Germany100.0% of population

4Gibraltar100.0% of population

5Greece100.0% of population

By Region

Oceania100.0% of population(2 countries)

Europe99.1% of population(32 countries)

North America97.7% of population(4 countries)

South America97.5% of population(7 countries)

Asia95.9% of population(26 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (35.7% of population)High (100.0% of population)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 90.7% of population)

Oceania (2)

Europe (32)

North America (4)

South America (7)

Asia (26)

Other (134)

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	Faroe Islands	100.0% of population
2	French Polynesia	100.0% of population
3	Germany	100.0% of population
4	Gibraltar	100.0% of population
5	Greece	100.0% of population
6	Greenland	100.0% of population
7	Hong Kong	100.0% of population
8	Hungary	100.0% of population
9	Iceland	100.0% of population
10	South Korea	100.0% of population
11	Kuwait	100.0% of population
12	Liechtenstein	100.0% of population
13	Luxembourg	100.0% of population
14	Macao	100.0% of population
15	Malta	100.0% of population
16	Monaco	100.0% of population
17	Netherlands	100.0% of population
18	Curaçao	100.0% of population
19	New Zealand	100.0% of population
20	Norway	100.0% of population
21	Northern Mariana Islands	100.0% of population
22	Puerto Rico	100.0% of population
23	Singapore	100.0% of population
24	Thailand	100.0% of population
25	United Arab Emirates	100.0% of population
26	Isle of Man	100.0% of population
27	American Samoa	100.0% of population
28	Andorra	100.0% of population
29	Belgium	100.0% of population
30	Bermuda	100.0% of population
31	Brunei Darussalam	100.0% of population
32	Denmark	100.0% of population
33	Romania	100.0% of population
34	Israel	100.0% of population
35	United Kingdom	100.0% of population
36	Brazil	100.0% of population
37	France	100.0% of population
38	Austria	100.0% of population
39	Estonia	100.0% of population
40	Switzerland	100.0% of population
41	Finland	100.0% of population
42	San Marino	100.0% of population
43	Qatar	100.0% of population
44	United States of America	100.0% of population
45	Australia	100.0% of population
46	Armenia	99.9% of population
47	Mauritius	99.9% of population
48	Spain	99.9% of population
49	Saint Martin (French part)	99.9% of population
50	Turkmenistan	99.9% of population
51	Bahrain	99.9% of population
52	Lithuania	99.9% of population
53	Italy	99.9% of population
54	Croatia	99.9% of population
55	Belarus	99.9% of population
56	Virgin Islands, British	99.9% of population
57	Costa Rica	99.8% of population
58	Slovakia	99.8% of population
59	Sweden	99.8% of population
60	Maldives	99.8% of population
61	Cyprus	99.7% of population
62	Uruguay	99.6% of population
63	Paraguay	99.6% of population
64	Slovenia	99.6% of population
65	Bhutan	99.5% of population
66	Mexico	99.5% of population
67	New Caledonia	99.5% of population
68	Palau	99.5% of population
69	Guam	99.5% of population
70	Virgin Islands, U.S.	99.5% of population
71	Samoa	99.4% of population
72	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	99.3% of population
73	Portugal	99.3% of population
74	Jordan	99.3% of population
75	Montenegro	99.3% of population
76	Trinidad and Tobago	99.3% of population
77	Bulgaria	99.2% of population
78	Japan	99.2% of population
79	Barbados	99.2% of population
80	Chile	99.1% of population
81	Argentina	99.0% of population
82	Saudi Arabia	99.0% of population
83	Bahamas	98.9% of population
84	Antigua and Barbuda	98.9% of population
85	Tonga	98.9% of population
86	Turks and Caicos Islands	98.8% of population
87	Bangladesh	98.8% of population
88	Latvia	98.8% of population
89	State of Palestine	98.8% of population
90	Vietnam	98.8% of population
91	Tuvalu	98.7% of population
92	Czech Republic	98.7% of population
93	Saint Kitts and Nevis	98.6% of population
94	Iraq	98.4% of population
95	Canada	98.3% of population
96	The Republic of North Macedonia	98.2% of population
97	Saint Lucia	98.1% of population
98	Suriname	98.0% of population
99	Malaysia	97.9% of population
100	Islamic Republic of Iran	97.9% of population
101	Nauru	97.8% of population
102	Kazakhstan	97.8% of population
103	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	97.7% of population
104	Seychelles	97.7% of population
105	Azerbaijan	97.7% of population
106	Dominican Republic	97.5% of population
107	Egypt	97.3% of population
108	Uzbekistan	97.3% of population
109	Georgia	97.3% of population
110	Ireland	97.1% of population
111	Colombia	97.1% of population
112	Dominica	97.0% of population
113	Russian Federation	96.9% of population
114	Aruba	96.7% of population
115	Tunisia	96.7% of population
116	Libya	96.4% of population
117	People's Republic of China	96.1% of population
118	Bosnia and Herzegovina	96.1% of population
119	Türkiye	96.0% of population
120	Lao People's Democratic Republic	95.9% of population
121	Philippines	95.9% of population
122	Honduras	95.7% of population
123	India	95.7% of population
124	Guyana	95.6% of population
125	Peru	95.6% of population
126	Grenada	95.6% of population
127	Fiji	95.6% of population
128	Cayman Islands	95.5% of population
129	Serbia	95.4% of population
130	Panama	95.3% of population
131	Cuba	95.1% of population
132	Albania	95.1% of population
133	Kyrgyzstan	94.9% of population
134	Belize	94.8% of population
135	Syrian Arab Republic	94.1% of population
136	North Korea	93.9% of population
137	Nepal	93.6% of population
138	Ukraine	93.5% of population
139	Bolivia	93.4% of population
140	Venezuela	93.3% of population
141	Guatemala	93.2% of population
142	Moldova, Republic of	92.7% of population
143	Oman	92.7% of population
144	Lebanon	92.6% of population
145	Algeria	92.4% of population
146	Cape Verde	92.3% of population
147	Morocco	92.2% of population
148	Ecuador	92.1% of population
149	Botswana	91.8% of population
150	El Salvador	91.6% of population
151	Pakistan	90.7% of population
152	Sri Lanka	90.2% of population
153	South Africa	90.2% of population
154	Poland	90.1% of population
155	Ghana	89.9% of population
156	Micronesia, Federated States of	89.9% of population
157	Tajikistan	89.2% of population
158	Indonesia	89.0% of population
159	Gabon	88.6% of population
160	Senegal	88.0% of population
161	Jamaica	87.6% of population
162	Marshall Islands	87.4% of population
163	Timor-Leste	87.3% of population
164	Vanuatu	87.1% of population
165	Republic of The Gambia	87.1% of population
166	Namibia	86.5% of population
167	Mali	86.4% of population
168	Mongolia	86.1% of population
169	Myanmar	85.7% of population
170	Comoros	85.1% of population
171	Cambodia	82.8% of population
172	Nigeria	82.2% of population
173	Afghanistan	80.8% of population
174	Eswatini	80.4% of population
175	Djibouti	79.7% of population
176	Kiribati	79.1% of population
177	Liberia	78.8% of population
178	Lesotho	78.1% of population
179	Sao Tome and Principe	78.0% of population
180	Mauritania	77.3% of population
181	Cote d'Ivoire	77.2% of population
182	Somalia	75.3% of population
183	Yemen	75.0% of population
184	Guinea	74.2% of population
185	Republic of the Congo	73.5% of population
186	Zambia	73.4% of population
187	Haiti	73.3% of population
188	Malawi	73.1% of population
189	Solomon Islands	71.6% of population
190	Cameroon	71.4% of population
191	Benin	69.6% of population
192	Sierra Leone	68.1% of population
193	Angola	68.0% of population
194	Zimbabwe	67.2% of population
195	Mozambique	66.6% of population
196	Burundi	65.9% of population
197	Kenya	65.6% of population
198	Sudan	64.9% of population
199	Togo	64.8% of population
200	Equatorial Guinea	64.7% of population
201	United Republic of Tanzania	64.6% of population
202	Uganda	63.0% of population
203	Guinea-Bissau	61.8% of population
204	Rwanda	61.4% of population
205	Ethiopia	55.6% of population
206	Madagascar	55.3% of population
207	Niger	53.4% of population
208	Papua New Guinea	53.3% of population
209	Chad	52.2% of population
210	Eritrea	51.8% of population
211	Burkina Faso	50.0% of population
212	South Sudan	39.7% of population
213	Central African Republic	36.5% of population
214	Democratic Republic of the Congo	35.7% of population

Showing 214 of 214 countries

Topics

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Data Source

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

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