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Proportion of population using unimproved drinking water sources

Name: Proportion of population using unimproved drinking water sources by country, 2024
Creator: UNICEF Data Warehouse (CC BY 3.0 IGO)
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Proportion of population using unimproved drinking water sources league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Central African Republic	33.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
2	Congo, Dem. Rep.	32.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
3	Papua New Guinea	30.5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
4	Madagascar	30.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
5	Chad	28.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
6	Niger	28	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
7	Guinea-Bissau	22.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
8	Benin	20.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
9	Solomon Islands	18.4	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
10	Burkina Faso	18.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
11	Mozambique	16.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
12	Kiribati	16.4	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
13	Sierra Leone	15.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
14	Haiti	14.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
15	Zambia	14	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
16	Burundi	13.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
17	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	13.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
18	Ethiopia	12.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
19	Angola	12.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
20	Cote d'Ivoire	12.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
21	Togo	11.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
22	Tanzania	11.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
23	Zimbabwe	11.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
24	South Sudan	10.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
25	Mauritania	10.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
26	Nigeria	10	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
27	Uganda	10	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
28	Poland	9.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
29	Cameroon	9.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
30	Senegal	9.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
31	Lesotho	9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
32	Afghanistan	8.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
33	Rwanda	8.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
34	Mali	8.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
35	Guinea	7.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
36	Yemen, Rep.	7.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
37	Gambia, The	6.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
38	Kenya	6.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
39	Sri Lanka	6.6	South Asia	Upper middle income
40	Venezuela, RB	6.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
41	Moldova	5.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
42	Vanuatu	5.2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
43	Eswatini	4.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
44	Cayman Islands	4.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
45	Myanmar	4.5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
46	Djibouti	4.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
47	Malawi	4.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
48	Lao PDR	4.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
49	Liberia	4.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
50	Belize	4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
51	Morocco	3.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
52	Indonesia	3.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
53	Mongolia	3.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
54	Pakistan	3.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
55	Guatemala	3.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
56	Gabon	3.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
57	Namibia	3.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
58	China	3.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
59	Botswana	3.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
60	Comoros	3.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
61	Timor-Leste	3.3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
62	Honduras	3.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
63	Albania	3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
64	Ireland	2.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
65	Peru	2.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
66	Colombia	2.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
67	Russian Federation	2.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
68	Nepal	2.4	South Asia	Lower middle income
69	Seychelles	2.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
70	Ecuador	2.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
71	Cambodia	2.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
72	Cabo Verde	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
73	Egypt, Arab Rep.	1.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
74	Cuba	1.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
75	Fiji	1.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
76	Tajikistan	1.9	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
77	Panama	1.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
78	Bolivia	1.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
79	Sudan	1.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
80	Canada	1.7	North America	High income
81	Malaysia	1.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
82	Georgia	1.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
83	Kosovo	1.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
84	Naoero	1.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
85	India	1.5	South Asia	Lower middle income
86	Dominican Republic	1.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
87	Ghana	1.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
88	Jamaica	1.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
89	Philippines	1.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
90	Kyrgyz Republic	1.3	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
91	Tunisia	1.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
92	Viet Nam	1.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
93	Marshall Islands	1.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
94	Azerbaijan	1.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
95	South Africa	1.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
96	Guyana	1.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
97	Algeria	1.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
98	Antigua and Barbuda	0.86	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
99	Dominica	0.86	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
100	Tuvalu	0.85	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
101	Japan	0.82	East Asia & Pacific	High income
102	Bulgaria	0.81	Europe & Central Asia	High income
103	Turkiye	0.77	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
104	Serbia	0.72	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
105	Portugal	0.71	Europe & Central Asia	High income
106	Sao Tome and Principe	0.58	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
107	Barbados	0.57	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
108	Latvia	0.54	Europe & Central Asia	High income
109	Jordan	0.53	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
110	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	0.53	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
111	Guam	0.47	East Asia & Pacific	High income
112	Palau	0.47	East Asia & Pacific	High income
113	New Caledonia	0.46	East Asia & Pacific	High income
114	Mexico	0.46	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
115	Trinidad and Tobago	0.44	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
116	Slovenia	0.43	Europe & Central Asia	High income
117	Suriname	0.38	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
118	Samoa	0.36	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
119	Chile	0.26	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
120	Saudi Arabia	0.25	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
121	Cyprus	0.24	Europe & Central Asia	High income
122	Sweden	0.24	Europe & Central Asia	High income
123	Oman	0.21	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
124	Ukraine	0.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
125	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
126	Maldives	0.19	South Asia	Upper middle income
127	Iran, Islamic Rep.	0.19	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
128	North Macedonia	0.18	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
129	Montenegro	0.16	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
130	Tonga	0.16	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
131	British Virgin Islands	0.14	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
132	Uzbekistan	0.12	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
133	Belarus	0.11	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
134	Kazakhstan	0.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
135	Croatia	0.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
136	Syrian Arab Republic	0.09	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
137	Italy	0.08	Europe & Central Asia	High income
138	Lithuania	0.08	Europe & Central Asia	High income
139	Bahrain	0.08	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
140	Turkmenistan	0.08	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
141	St. Martin (French part)	0.08	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
142	Spain	0.08	Europe & Central Asia	High income
143	Mauritius	0.07	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
144	Bhutan	0.07	South Asia	Lower middle income
145	Libya	0.07	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
146	St. Lucia	0.06	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
147	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.05	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
148	Armenia	0.03	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
149	Australia	0.03	East Asia & Pacific	High income
150	Czechia	0.03	Europe & Central Asia	High income
151	Bangladesh	0.02	South Asia	Lower middle income
152	United States	0.02	North America	High income
153	Qatar	0.01	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
154	San Marino	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
155	Finland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
156	Switzerland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
157	Estonia	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
158	Austria	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
159	France	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
160	Paraguay	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
161	El Salvador	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
162	Costa Rica	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
163	Brazil	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
164	United Kingdom	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
165	Israel	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
166	Romania	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
167	Denmark	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
168	Uruguay	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
169	Puerto Rico (US)	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
170	Iceland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
171	Iraq	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
172	Thailand	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
173	Korea, Rep.	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
174	Kuwait	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
175	Isle of Man	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
176	Lebanon	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
177	Liechtenstein	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
178	Luxembourg	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
179	Belgium	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
180	Macao SAR, China	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
181	Singapore	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
182	Monaco	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
183	American Samoa	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
184	Hungary	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
185	Malta	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
186	United Arab Emirates	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
187	Northern Mariana Islands	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
188	Slovak Republic	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
189	Curacao	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
190	Hong Kong SAR, China	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
191	Netherlands	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
192	Andorra	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
193	Norway	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
194	Germany	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
195	New Zealand	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
196	Faroe Islands	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
197	Bermuda	0	North America	High income
198	Brunei Darussalam	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
199	Greenland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
200	Greece	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
201	West Bank and Gaza	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
202	French Polynesia	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
203	Gibraltar	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income

Proportion of population using unimproved drinking water sources