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1.4.1.a Proportion of the population using basic drinking water services (%) by country

Countries reporting
200
Highest
100
Andorra
Lowest
35.12
Democratic Republic of Congo
Median
96.69
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
4,456

What the numbers show

1.4.1.a Proportion of the population using basic drinking water services (%) is currently reported for 200 countries. The highest value is 100 in Andorra; the lowest is 35.12 in Democratic Republic of Congo.

The median across all reporting countries is 96.69, and the mean is 89.21.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 152 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Afghanistan (up 51.8%), and the largest decrease in Central African Republic (down 20.2%).

1.4.1.a Proportion of the population using basic drinking water: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Andorra 100 2022 unchanged flat
1 United Arab Emirates 100 2022 up 0.1% flat
1 Austria 100 2022 unchanged flat
1 Belgium 100 2022 unchanged flat
1 Switzerland 100 2022 unchanged flat
1 Chile 100 2022 up 1.2% flat
1 Germany 100 2022 unchanged flat
1 Denmark 100 2022 unchanged flat
1 Estonia 100 2022 up 0.6% flat
1 Finland 100 2022 unchanged flat
1 France 100 2022 unchanged flat
1 United Kingdom 100 2022 unchanged flat
1 Greece 100 2022 up 0.0% flat
1 Hungary 100 2022 up 0.0% flat
1 Iceland 100 2022 unchanged flat
1 Israel 100 2022 unchanged flat
1 South Korea 100 2022 up 0.8% flat
1 Kuwait 100 2022 unchanged flat
1 Liechtenstein 100 2022 unchanged flat
1 Monaco 100 2022 unchanged flat
1 Malta 100 2022 unchanged flat
1 Mauritius 100 2022 up 0.3% flat
1 Netherlands 100 2022 unchanged flat
1 Norway 100 2022 unchanged flat
1 New Zealand 100 2022 unchanged flat
1 Romania 100 2022 unchanged flat
1 Singapore 100 2022 unchanged flat
1 San Marino 100 2022 unchanged flat
1 Thailand 100 2022 up 1.9% rising
1 Turkmenistan 100 2022 up 4.6% rising
31 Qatar 99.99 2022 up 0.1% flat
32 Cook Islands 99.97 2022 up 0.0% flat
33 Australia 99.97 2022 up 0.1% flat
34 Armenia 99.97 2022 up 1.3% rising
35 United States 99.96 2022 up 0.8% flat
36 Spain 99.93 2022 down 0.1% flat
37 Bahrain 99.92 2022 down 0.0% flat
38 Italy 99.92 2022 up 0.1% flat
39 Brunei 99.9 2022 up 0.0% flat
40 Libya 99.89 2022 up 5.5% rising
41 Luxembourg 99.89 2022 down 0.1% flat
42 Czechia 99.88 2022 up 0.0% flat
43 British Virgin Islands 99.86 2022 unchanged flat
44 Costa Rica 99.81 2022 up 1.3% rising
45 Slovakia 99.79 2022 up 0.4% flat
46 Cyprus 99.77 2022 down 0.0% flat
47 Sweden 99.74 2022 up 0.1% flat
48 Mexico 99.71 2022 up 3.3% rising
49 Paraguay 99.6 2022 up 7.8% rising
50 Brazil 99.59 2022 up 2.6% rising
51 Palau 99.57 2022 up 0.1% flat
52 Maldives 99.56 2022 up 1.7% rising
53 Uruguay 99.51 2022 up 0.8% flat
54 Slovenia 99.5 2022 unchanged flat
55 Portugal 99.26 2022 up 0.1% flat
56 Tuvalu 99.26 2022 up 0.2% flat
57 Canada 99.22 2022 down 0.0% flat
58 Belarus 99.18 2022 up 0.9% flat
59 Japan 99.14 2022 up 0.3% flat
60 Bhutan 99.13 2022 up 4.6% rising
61 Bulgaria 99.06 2022 down 0.3% flat
62 Argentina 99.04 2016 up 1.4% flat
63 Samoa 99.04 2022 up 11.2% rising
64 Jordan 98.97 2022 up 0.1% flat
65 Latvia 98.89 2022 up 0.5% flat
66 Bahamas 98.89 2019 up 0.3% flat
67 Trinidad and Tobago 98.88 2022 up 2.5% rising
68 Montenegro 98.86 2022 up 2.3% flat
69 Tonga 98.81 2022 up 0.4% flat
70 Turks and Caicos Islands 98.8 2022 up 0.1% flat
71 Egypt 98.77 2022 up 0.2% flat
72 Croatia 98.68 2007 up 0.0% flat
73 Saudi Arabia 98.65 2022 down 0.0% flat
74 Saint Kitts and Nevis 98.61 2017 up 0.1% flat
75 El Salvador 98.59 2022 up 7.3% rising
76 Barbados 98.51 2022 up 0.1% flat
77 Palestine 98.44 2022 up 3.1% rising
78 Belize 98.41 2022 up 3.3% rising
79 Iraq 98.38 2022 up 7.5% rising
80 Antigua and Barbuda 98.36 2022 down 0.0% flat
81 Bangladesh 98.1 2022 up 1.3% flat
82 Montserrat 98.08 2022 up 0.0% flat
83 Lithuania 98.04 2022 up 3.0% rising
84 Suriname 97.99 2022 up 3.8% rising
85 Vietnam 97.96 2022 up 8.4% rising
86 North Macedonia 97.84 2022 up 0.5% flat
87 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 97.73 2018 up 1.0% flat
88 Iran 97.69 2022 up 1.4% flat
89 China 97.65 2022 up 8.0% rising
90 Azerbaijan 97.64 2022 up 10.2% rising
91 Colombia 97.54 2022 up 2.3% rising
92 Anguilla 97.48 2017 up 0.6% flat
93 Tunisia 97.18 2022 up 5.0% rising
94 Malaysia 97.16 2022 up 0.1% flat
95 Russia 97.05 2022 up 0.9% flat
96 Turkey 97.03 2022 up 1.3% flat
97 Niue 97.01 2022 down 1.1% flat
98 Nauru 97 2019 down 0.4% flat
99 Saint Lucia 96.89 2022 up 2.8% rising
100 Dominican Republic 96.75 2022 up 2.2% rising
101 Uzbekistan 96.62 2022 up 4.1% rising
102 Seychelles 96.42 2022 up 1.1% flat
103 Bosnia and Herzegovina 96.09 2022 down 0.4% flat
104 Ireland 95.99 2022 down 0.4% flat
105 Guyana 95.86 2022 up 3.6% rising
106 Honduras 95.8 2022 up 4.7% rising
107 Ecuador 95.7 2022 up 5.2% rising
108 Serbia 95.68 2022 up 3.7% rising
109 Grenada 95.63 2017 up 0.7% flat
110 Fiji 95.49 2022 up 0.4% flat
111 Kazakhstan 95.44 2021 up 1.5% rising
112 Dominica 95.42 2017 up 0.8% flat
113 Albania 95.09 2022 up 3.1% rising
114 Georgia 94.98 2022 up 0.7% flat
115 Philippines 94.88 2022 up 4.6% rising
116 Peru 94.81 2022 up 6.9% rising
117 Algeria 94.66 2022 up 2.1% rising
118 Cuba 94.65 2022 up 1.4% flat
119 Panama 94.65 2022 up 2.5% rising
120 Guatemala 94.62 2022 up 4.0% rising
121 South Africa 94.49 2022 up 4.4% rising
122 Bolivia 94.11 2022 up 6.1% rising
123 Indonesia 94.11 2022 up 9.2% rising
124 Syria 94.08 2022 up 1.1% flat
125 North Korea 93.89 2022 down 2.5% falling
126 Ukraine 93.59 2022 down 0.4% falling
127 Venezuela 93.33 2022 down 1.9% flat
128 India 93.3 2022 up 6.8% rising
129 Lebanon 92.6 2022 up 3.2% rising
130 Botswana 92.57 2022 up 8.3% rising
131 Oman 92.44 2022 up 4.1% rising
132 Moldova 92.02 2022 up 5.0% rising
133 Vanuatu 91.34 2022 up 4.9% rising
134 Nepal 91.24 2022 up 5.2% rising
135 Jamaica 91.1 2022 up 0.7% flat
136 Kyrgyzstan 90.8 2022 up 5.1% rising
137 Pakistan 90.63 2022 up 1.7% flat
138 Poland 90.37 2022 down 6.8% falling
139 Micronesia (country) 90.11 2020 down 0.4% flat
140 Cape Verde 89.87 2022 up 7.1% rising
141 Sri Lanka 89.31 2022 up 3.5% rising
142 Ghana 88.37 2022 up 13.7% rising
143 Morocco 87.02 2022 up 13.0% rising
144 East Timor 87.02 2022 up 28.2% rising
145 Gabon 86.93 2022 up 3.7% rising
146 Senegal 86.25 2022 up 16.1% rising
147 Namibia 85.91 2022 up 5.0% rising
148 Gambia 85.65 2022 up 7.5% rising
149 Laos 85.46 2022 up 19.1% rising
150 Marshall Islands 85.06 2022 down 2.6% flat
151 Mali 83.65 2022 up 21.7% rising
152 Mongolia 83.51 2022 up 8.9% rising
153 Myanmar 82.38 2022 up 23.7% rising
154 Afghanistan 82.18 2022 up 51.8% rising
155 Tajikistan 81.94 2022 up 13.6% rising
156 Nicaragua 81.71 2020 up 0.8% flat
157 Comoros 80.21 2019 down 4.8% falling
158 Nigeria 79.64 2022 up 25.8% rising
159 Cambodia 78.01 2022 up 14.4% rising
160 Mauritania 77.81 2022 up 28.8% rising
161 Sao Tome and Principe 77.34 2022 up 3.5% rising
162 Djibouti 76.17 2022 up 0.7% flat
163 Kiribati 75.69 2022 up 8.9% rising
164 Liberia 75.61 2022 up 7.2% rising
165 Congo 73.97 2021 up 10.5% rising
166 Lesotho 73.97 2022 up 5.4% rising
167 Eswatini 73.47 2022 up 15.0% rising
168 Cote d'Ivoire 72.85 2022 up 1.3% flat
169 Malawi 71.87 2022 up 12.7% rising
170 Guinea 71.45 2022 up 20.4% rising
171 Togo 70.99 2022 up 18.4% rising
172 Cameroon 69.59 2022 up 8.2% rising
173 Zambia 68.25 2022 up 14.1% rising
174 Solomon Islands 67.45 2021 down 7.1% falling
175 Haiti 67.42 2022 up 6.7% rising
176 Benin 67.36 2022 up 3.6% rising
177 Sierra Leone 65.34 2022 up 21.1% rising
178 Rwanda 65.1 2022 up 17.0% rising
179 Sudan 64.92 2022 up 21.0% rising
180 Equatorial Guinea 64.67 2017 up 13.2% rising
181 Mozambique 63.2 2022 up 47.1% rising
182 Kenya 62.86 2022 up 12.1% rising
183 Burundi 62.44 2022 up 8.2% rising
184 Zimbabwe 62.29 2022 down 6.3% falling
185 Guinea-Bissau 61.78 2022 up 3.3% rising
186 Yemen 61.76 2022 up 17.3% rising
187 Tanzania 60.79 2022 up 30.9% rising
188 Uganda 59.26 2022 up 37.0% rising
189 Somalia 58.26 2022 up 32.4% rising
190 Angola 57.72 2022 up 11.1% rising
191 Madagascar 53.47 2022 up 16.9% rising
192 Chad 52 2022 up 13.4% rising
193 Eritrea 51.85 2016 up 6.1% rising
194 Ethiopia 51.51 2022 up 39.0% rising
195 Papua New Guinea 50.24 2022 up 25.9% rising
196 Burkina Faso 49.51 2022 down 5.5% falling
197 Niger 48.9 2022 up 9.8% rising
198 South Sudan 41.19 2022 down 0.1% flat
199 Central African Republic 36.3 2022 down 20.2% falling
200 Democratic Republic of Congo 35.12 2022 down 4.3% falling

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1.4.1.a Proportion of the population using basic drinking water services (%)
Source
UNICEF
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Coverage
200 places, 4,456 data points, 2000–2022
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