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

Name: Share of the urban population using at least a basic drinking water source by country, 2024
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% · higher is better · 184 countries

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Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2024

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178 countries · 2024

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Share of the urban population using at least a basic drinking water source league table
#	Country	%	Region	Income
1	Israel	100%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
2	Lao PDR	100%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
3	Lithuania	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
4	Samoa	100%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
5	Luxembourg	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
6	Macao SAR, China	100%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
7	Estonia	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
8	Monaco	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
9	Hungary	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
10	Netherlands	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
11	United Arab Emirates	100%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
12	Norway	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
13	New Zealand	100%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
14	Belgium	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
15	Finland	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
16	Switzerland	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
17	Hong Kong SAR, China	100%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
18	Kuwait	100%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
19	Andorra	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
20	Greece	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
21	Denmark	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
22	Romania	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
23	France	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
24	Brazil	100%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
25	Austria	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
26	Singapore	100%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
27	Bermuda	100%	North America	High income
28	San Marino	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
29	Gibraltar	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
30	United Kingdom	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
31	Iceland	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
32	Thailand	100%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
33	Mexico	100%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
34	Malta	100%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
35	Germany	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
36	Mauritius	100%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
37	Portugal	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
38	United States	100%	North America	High income
39	Australia	100%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
40	Croatia	99.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
41	St. Martin (French part)	99.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
42	Colombia	99.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
43	Spain	99.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
44	Belarus	99.9%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
45	Armenia	99.9%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
46	Paraguay	99.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
47	Turkmenistan	99.9%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
48	Costa Rica	99.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
49	Bhutan	99.8%	South Asia	Lower middle income
50	Azerbaijan	99.8%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
51	Uruguay	99.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
52	Chile	99.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
53	Argentina	99.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
54	Tonga	99.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
55	Iraq	99.8%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
56	Sweden	99.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
57	Cyprus	99.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
58	Bulgaria	99.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
59	Palau	99.6%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
60	Slovak Republic	99.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
61	Georgia	99.6%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
62	Maldives	99.5%	South Asia	Upper middle income
63	Kyrgyz Republic	99.5%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
64	Trinidad and Tobago	99.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
65	Jordan	99.4%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
66	Turks and Caicos Islands	99.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
67	Honduras	99.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
68	Bolivia	99.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
69	Montenegro	99.2%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
70	Viet Nam	99.2%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
71	Ghana	99.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
72	Russian Federation	99%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
73	Saudi Arabia	98.9%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
74	Belize	98.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
75	Latvia	98.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
76	Czechia	98.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
77	Bangladesh	98.8%	South Asia	Lower middle income
78	Antigua and Barbuda	98.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
79	Iran, Islamic Rep.	98.7%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
80	Suriname	98.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
81	Fiji	98.7%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
82	Malaysia	98.7%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
83	Egypt, Arab Rep.	98.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
84	Panama	98.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
85	West Bank and Gaza	98.4%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
86	Tunisia	98.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
87	Morocco	98.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
88	Philippines	98.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
89	North Macedonia	98.3%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
90	Canada	98.3%	North America	High income
91	Tuvalu	98.2%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
92	Eswatini	98.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
93	Uzbekistan	98.1%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
94	Kazakhstan	98%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
95	Dominican Republic	97.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
96	Moldova	97.9%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
97	Naoero	97.8%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
98	Peru	97.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
99	South Africa	97.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
100	Ecuador	97.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
101	Timor-Leste	97.7%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
102	Sri Lanka	97.6%	South Asia	Upper middle income
103	St. Lucia	97.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
104	China	97.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
105	Vanuatu	97.2%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
106	Dominica	97.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
107	India	97.1%	South Asia	Lower middle income
108	Afghanistan	96.9%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
109	Botswana	96.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
110	Guatemala	96.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
111	Ireland	96.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
112	Turkiye	96.4%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
113	Namibia	96.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
114	Mongolia	96.1%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
115	Cuba	96.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
116	Myanmar	96%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
117	Albania	95.7%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
118	Poland	95.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
119	Syrian Arab Republic	95.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
120	Serbia	95.5%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
121	Guyana	95.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
122	Cayman Islands	95.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
123	Senegal	95.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
124	El Salvador	95.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
125	Cabo Verde	95.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
126	Nigeria	95.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
127	Indonesia	95%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
128	Tajikistan	94.9%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
129	Bosnia and Herzegovina	94.9%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
130	Algeria	94.8%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
131	Lesotho	94.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
132	Oman	94.7%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
133	Cambodia	94.1%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
134	Zimbabwe	93.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
135	Mali	93.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
136	Guinea	93.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
137	Pakistan	92.9%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
138	Gabon	92.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
139	Nepal	92.3%	South Asia	Lower middle income
140	Gambia, The	91.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
141	Solomon Islands	91.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
142	Burundi	91.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
143	Ukraine	90.8%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
144	Mauritania	90.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
145	Zambia	90.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
146	Jamaica	90.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
147	Kiribati	90%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
148	Comoros	89.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
149	Mozambique	89.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
150	Kenya	88.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
151	Cote d'Ivoire	88.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
152	Yemen, Rep.	88.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
153	Rwanda	87.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
154	Niger	87.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
155	Tanzania	86.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
156	Liberia	86%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
157	Malawi	86%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
158	Marshall Islands	85.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
159	Haiti	85.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
160	Papua New Guinea	84.4%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
161	Djibouti	84.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
162	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	83.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
163	Ethiopia	83.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
164	Angola	81.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
165	Sierra Leone	81.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
166	Cameroon	81.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
167	Burkina Faso	81.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
168	Uganda	80%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
169	Sao Tome and Principe	79.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
170	Madagascar	78.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
171	Chad	77.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
172	Benin	75.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
173	Sudan	73.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
174	Togo	73.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
175	Guinea-Bissau	72.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
176	South Sudan	66.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
177	Congo, Dem. Rep.	59.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
178	Central African Republic	48.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

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