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Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water source

% · higher is better · 174 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2024
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  1. 1Luxembourg100%
  2. 1Australia100%
  3. 1Austria100%
  4. 1Turkmenistan100%
  5. 1Armenia100%
  6. 1Belgium100%
  7. 1Thailand100%
  8. 1Slovak Republic100%
  9. 1United States100%
  10. 1San Marino100%
  11. 1Brazil100%
  12. 1United Arab Emirates100%
  13. 1Switzerland100%
  14. 1Romania100%
  15. 1West Bank and Gaza100%
  16. 1Andorra100%
  17. 1New Zealand100%
  18. 1Norway100%
  19. 1Netherlands100%
  20. 1Germany100%
  21. 1Denmark100%
  22. 1Malta100%
  23. 1Spain100%
  24. 1Estonia100%
  25. 1Finland100%
  26. 1France100%
  27. 1United Kingdom100%
  28. 1Israel100%
  29. 1Iceland100%
  30. 1Greece100%
  31. 1Greenland100%
  32. 1Hungary100%
  33. 2Maldives99.9%
  34. 3Tuvalu99.9%
  35. 4Belarus99.9%
  36. 5Mauritius99.9%
  37. 6Croatia99.9%
  38. 7Lithuania99.7%
  39. 8Ukraine99.7%
  40. 9Cyprus99.7%
  41. 10Saudi Arabia99.6%
  42. 11Costa Rica99.6%
  43. 12Sweden99.6%
  44. 13Montenegro99.5%
  45. 14Samoa99.3%
  46. 15Bhutan99.3%
  47. 16Paraguay99.1%
  48. 17Palau99.1%
  49. 18Trinidad and Tobago99%
  50. 19Antigua and Barbuda99%
  51. 20Bangladesh98.8%
  52. 21Tonga98.6%
  53. 22Latvia98.5%
  54. 23Czechia98.5%
  55. 24Viet Nam98.5%
  56. 25Canada98.5%
  57. 26St. Lucia98.2%
  58. 27North Macedonia98.1%
  59. 28Ireland98%
  60. 29Jordan97.8%
  61. 30Portugal97.8%
  62. 31Kazakhstan97.6%
  63. 32Bulgaria97.5%
  64. 33Mexico97.5%
  65. 34Bosnia and Herzegovina97.3%
  66. 35Dominica96.6%
  67. 36Suriname96.6%
  68. 37Uzbekistan96.4%
  69. 38Egypt, Arab Rep.96.3%
  70. 39Guyana95.7%
  71. 40Uruguay95.3%
  72. 41Serbia95.3%
  73. 42Malaysia95.2%
  74. 43India94.9%
  75. 44Iraq94.8%
  76. 45Dominican Republic94.8%
  77. 46Iran, Islamic Rep.94.8%
  78. 47Azerbaijan94.7%
  79. 48Turkiye94.5%
  80. 49Albania94.1%
  81. 50Nepal94%
  82. 51Marshall Islands93.9%
  83. 52China93.8%
  84. 53Georgia93.7%
  85. 54Chile93.6%
  86. 55Philippines93.6%
  87. 56Lao PDR93.2%
  88. 57Tunisia92.9%
  89. 58Kyrgyz Republic92.1%
  90. 59Syrian Arab Republic92.1%
  91. 60Cuba91.9%
  92. 61Turks and Caicos Islands91.8%
  93. 62Belize91.3%
  94. 63Fiji91%
  95. 64Honduras90.3%
  96. 65Russian Federation90.3%
  97. 66Pakistan89.3%
  98. 67Guatemala89.2%
  99. 68Moldova88.7%
  100. 69Sri Lanka88.4%
  101. 70Panama87.8%
  102. 71Peru87.3%
  103. 72Tajikistan86.9%
  104. 73Cabo Verde86.2%
  105. 74Algeria84.9%
  106. 75Jamaica84.1%
  107. 76Colombia83.7%
  108. 77Vanuatu83.5%
  109. 78Comoros82.9%
  110. 79Timor-Leste82.3%
  111. 80Poland81.7%
  112. 81Ecuador81.4%
  113. 82Myanmar80.7%
  114. 83Morocco80.6%
  115. 84Senegal80.6%
  116. 85El Salvador80.4%
  117. 86Indonesia80.4%
  118. 87Mali80%
  119. 88Cambodia78.9%
  120. 89Bolivia78.7%
  121. 90Gambia, The78.4%
  122. 91Botswana77.9%
  123. 92Ghana76.3%
  124. 93Oman76.3%
  125. 94Afghanistan74.8%
  126. 95Eswatini74.4%
  127. 96Namibia74.3%
  128. 97Sao Tome and Principe73.4%
  129. 98South Africa73%
  130. 99Lesotho70.6%
  131. 100Liberia70.3%
  132. 101Malawi70.1%
  133. 102Somalia, Fed. Rep.67.5%
  134. 103Nigeria66.6%
  135. 104Yemen, Rep.65.9%
  136. 105Solomon Islands64.5%
  137. 106Cote d'Ivoire63.9%
  138. 107Kiribati63.6%
  139. 108Mongolia63.5%
  140. 109Benin63.1%
  141. 110Djibouti62.5%
  142. 111Guinea62.2%
  143. 112Burundi61.4%
  144. 113Sudan59.6%
  145. 114Mauritania58.8%
  146. 115Zambia58.5%
  147. 116Togo57.5%
  148. 117Sierra Leone57%
  149. 118Uganda56.6%
  150. 119Cameroon56.2%
  151. 120Kenya55.6%
  152. 121Rwanda55.6%
  153. 122Haiti54.7%
  154. 123Zimbabwe54.4%
  155. 124Guinea-Bissau52.6%
  156. 125Mozambique51.9%
  157. 126Tanzania51.3%
  158. 127Gabon49.1%
  159. 128Papua New Guinea48.3%
  160. 129Ethiopia47%
  161. 130Niger46.4%
  162. 131Chad43.8%
  163. 132Madagascar39.3%
  164. 133Angola36.9%
  165. 134Burkina Faso34.4%
  166. 135South Sudan32.5%
  167. 136Central African Republic27.4%
  168. 137Congo, Dem. Rep.13.8%

Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water source