Proportion of population using limited drinking water services by country
Countries reporting
139
Highest
37.9
South Sudan
Lowest
0
Samoa
Median
3.48
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
7,105
What the numbers show
Proportion of population using limited drinking water services is currently reported for 139 countries. The highest value is 37.9 in South Sudan; the lowest is 0 in Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.48, and the mean is 6.11.
Over the past decade 68 countries rose and 70 fell. The largest increase was in South Africa (up 365.2%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 100.0%).
Proportion of population using limited drinking water services: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Sudan | 37.9 | 2024 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 2 | Burkina Faso | 31.76 | 2024 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 3 | Sudan | 28.76 | 2024 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 4 | Ethiopia | 27.7 | 2024 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 26.8 | 2024 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 24.12 | 2024 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 7 | Uganda | 23.11 | 2024 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 8 | Rwanda | 22.79 | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 9 | Malawi | 21.14 | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 10 | Sao Tome and Principe | 20.48 | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 11 | Burundi | 20.42 | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 12 | Eritrea | 17.6 | 2016 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 13 | Togo | 17.47 | 2024 | up 76.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Niger | 16.75 | 2024 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 15 | Yemen | 15.82 | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 16 | Djibouti | 15.63 | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 17 | Cameroon | 14.9 | 2024 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 18 | Guinea-Bissau | 14.89 | 2024 | up 49.2% | rising |
| 19 | Zimbabwe | 14.29 | 2024 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 20 | Tanzania | 12.84 | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 21 | Chad | 12.55 | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 22 | Mauritania | 12.33 | 2024 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 23 | Guinea | 12.04 | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 24 | Marshall Islands | 11.35 | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 25 | Angola | 11.16 | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 26 | Haiti | 11.11 | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 27 | Comoros | 10.99 | 2024 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 28 | Jamaica | 10.5 | 2024 | up 88.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Congo | 10.35 | 2021 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 30 | Lesotho | 9.3 | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 31 | Cambodia | 9.28 | 2024 | up 115.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Kenya | 8.77 | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 33 | Liberia | 8.72 | 2024 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 34 | Mozambique | 8.65 | 2024 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 35 | Somalia | 7.62 | 2024 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | 7.49 | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 37 | South Africa | 7.46 | 2024 | up 365.2% | volatile |
| 38 | El Salvador | 7.45 | 2024 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Benin | 7.43 | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 40 | Lebanon | 7.4 | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 41 | Papua New Guinea | 7.26 | 2024 | up 201.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Oman | 7.1 | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 43 | Zambia | 7.05 | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 44 | Cote d'Ivoire | 6.97 | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 45 | Namibia | 6.96 | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 46 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 6.93 | 2024 | up 66.9% | rising |
| 47 | Indonesia | 6.3 | 2024 | up 240.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Solomon Islands | 6.15 | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 49 | Eswatini | 6.1 | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 50 | Gambia | 5.91 | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 51 | Syria | 5.78 | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 52 | Gabon | 5.78 | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 53 | Cape Verde | 5.76 | 2024 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 54 | Ukraine | 5.7 | 2024 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Mongolia | 5.47 | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 56 | Madagascar | 5.01 | 2024 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 57 | Algeria | 4.71 | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 58 | Mali | 4.7 | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 59 | East Timor | 4.53 | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 60 | Kiribati | 4.5 | 2024 | up 127.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Ghana | 4.48 | 2024 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 62 | Pakistan | 4.45 | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 63 | Botswana | 4.28 | 2024 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Afghanistan | 3.96 | 2024 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 65 | Nigeria | 3.94 | 2024 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 66 | Ecuador | 3.89 | 2024 | up 94.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Morocco | 3.87 | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 68 | Serbia | 3.87 | 2024 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.86 | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 70 | Libya | 3.48 | 2024 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 71 | Nepal | 3.42 | 2024 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 72 | Vanuatu | 3.12 | 2024 | up 89.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Turkey | 3.03 | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 74 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.96 | 2017 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 75 | Tajikistan | 2.85 | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 76 | Philippines | 2.82 | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 77 | Senegal | 2.75 | 2024 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 78 | Cuba | 2.67 | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 79 | Guyana | 2.47 | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 80 | India | 2.34 | 2024 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 81 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.25 | 2024 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 82 | Kazakhstan | 1.99 | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 83 | Tunisia | 1.9 | 2024 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 84 | Iran | 1.89 | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 85 | Albania | 1.86 | 2024 | down 53.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Panama | 1.85 | 2024 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Saint Lucia | 1.84 | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 88 | Guatemala | 1.61 | 2024 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 89 | North Macedonia | 1.59 | 2024 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 90 | Moldova | 1.56 | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 91 | Uzbekistan | 1.44 | 2024 | down 54.9% | falling |
| 92 | Sri Lanka | 1.24 | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 93 | Palestine | 1.23 | 2024 | up 135.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Belize | 1.2 | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 95 | Czechia | 1.19 | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 96 | Grenada | 1.16 | 2017 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 97 | Azerbaijan | 1.13 | 2024 | down 71.1% | falling |
| 98 | Suriname | 1.06 | 2024 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 99 | Honduras | 1.05 | 2024 | up 47.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Georgia | 1.02 | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 101 | Tonga | 0.9835 | 2024 | up 56.7% | rising |
| 102 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.9659 | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 103 | Iraq | 0.869 | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 104 | Egypt | 0.7615 | 2024 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 105 | Fiji | 0.7424 | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 106 | Bangladesh | 0.7421 | 2024 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 107 | Myanmar | 0.7221 | 2024 | down 90.8% | volatile |
| 108 | North Korea | 0.6874 | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 109 | Latvia | 0.6873 | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 110 | Saudi Arabia | 0.6795 | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 111 | Russia | 0.6069 | 2024 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 112 | Montenegro | 0.5564 | 2024 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Nauru | 0.552 | 2024 | up 142.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Peru | 0.5156 | 2024 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 115 | Venezuela | 0.469 | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 116 | Dominican Republic | 0.4506 | 2024 | down 70.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Tuvalu | 0.4068 | 2024 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 118 | Paraguay | 0.3964 | 2024 | up 38.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Bhutan | 0.3841 | 2024 | down 69.9% | falling |
| 120 | Uruguay | 0.3673 | 2024 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 121 | Malaysia | 0.3547 | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 122 | Barbados | 0.2694 | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 123 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2631 | 2024 | down 81.7% | falling |
| 124 | Slovakia | 0.2139 | 2024 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 125 | China | 0.2021 | 2024 | down 78.5% | rising |
| 126 | Costa Rica | 0.1846 | 2024 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 127 | Colombia | 0.1807 | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 128 | Bolivia | 0.1334 | 2024 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 129 | Jordan | 0.1195 | 2024 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 130 | Maldives | 0.0466 | 2024 | down 64.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Armenia | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Belarus | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Brazil | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 131 | Laos | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | rising |
| 131 | Mexico | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Thailand | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 131 | Turkmenistan | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Vietnam | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Samoa | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) 22.91
- Central Africa (African Union) 20.79
- (SDGRC) Eastern Africa 20.04
- Eastern Africa (African Union) 19.95
- Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) 19.39
- East African Community (EAC) 19.2
- World Bank (low income) 18.62
- África Oriental y Meridional 16.95
- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) 16.72
- Eastern and Southern Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions) 16.02
- (SDGRC) Central Africa 15.33
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDC) (UNSDG) 15.06
- África Subsahariana 14.08
- Southern African Development Community (SADC) 13.88
- Países menos adelantados 13.82
- Sub-Saharan Africa (UNSDG) 13.47
- Africa (WHO regions) 13.23
- (SDGRC) United Nations Economic Commission for Africa 12.35
- African Union 12.35
- West and Central Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions) 11.07
- África Occidental y Central 11.07
- Southern Africa (African Union) 10.26
- (SDGRC) Southern Africa 10.2
- OECD Fragile Contexts 9.7
- Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) 7.72
- (SDGRC) North Africa 7.3
- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) 7.27
- Western Africa (African Union) 7.27
- (SDGRC) West Africa 7.27
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) (UNSDG) 6
- Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions) 5.52
- Northern Africa and Western Asia (UNSDG) 5.47
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO regions) 5.21
- Small island developing States (SIDS) (UNSDG) 4.74
- Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) 4.38
- SDG regions - Global (UNSDG) 3.52
- World Bank (lower middle income) 3.35
- Oriente Medio y África del Norte 3.13
- Northern Africa (African Union) 2.53
- South Asia (UNICEF Prog.regions) 2.51