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 the 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, United Republic of | 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 | Côte 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 | Syrian Arab Republic | 5.78 | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 52 | Gabon | 5.78 | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 53 | Cabo 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 | Timor-Leste | 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 | Türkiye | 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 (Islamic Republic of) | 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 | Republic of 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, State of | 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 | Democratic People's Republic of 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 (Bolivarian Republic of) | 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 | Slovak Republic | 0.2139 | 2024 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 125 | China (People’s Republic of) | 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, Plurinational State of | 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 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 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 | Viet Nam | 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