Safe drinking water

percent · OBSERVED 2021–2024

Share of the population using an improved water source on their premises, available when needed and free of contamination.

Nations ranked
130
Highest
100.0%
Lowest
6.2%
Observed
2021–2024

This table mixes vintages: each publisher carries a nation’s latest available year, so the observations here run from 2021 to 2024 — every row shows its own.

Press a row — the specimen turns over to its label. Bars are drawn to the highest value. Highest, not best: this page orders figures, it does not grade nations.

  1. 100.0% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  2. 100.0% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  3. 100.0% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  4. 100.0% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  5. 100.0% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  6. 100.0% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  7. 100.0% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  8. 100.0% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  9. 99.9% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  10. 99.9% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  11. 99.8% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  12. 99.8% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  13. 99.8% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  14. 99.7% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  15. 99.7% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  16. 99.7% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  17. 99.6% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  18. 99.6% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  19. 99.6% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  20. 99.5% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  21. 99.5% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  22. 99.3% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  23. 99.1% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  24. 98.9% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  25. 98.9% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  26. 98.9% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  27. 98.7% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  28. Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  29. 98.1% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  30. 97.8% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  31. 97.6% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  32. 97.0% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  33. 96.9% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  34. 96.9% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  35. 96.8% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  36. 96.7% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  37. 96.7% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  38. 96.7% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  39. 96.2% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  40. 96.1% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  41. 95.3% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  42. 95.2% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  43. 94.9% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  44. 94.7% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  45. 45 Iran
    94.4% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  46. 93.1% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  47. 91.5% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  48. 48 Oman
    91.1% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  49. 90.6% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  50. 89.0% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  51. 88.7% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  52. 88.6% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  53. 87.9% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  54. 87.3% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  55. Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  56. 85.5% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  57. 82.2% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  58. 82.1% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  59. 81.9% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  60. 80.8% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  61. 80.6% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  62. 80.5% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  63. 80.0% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  64. 78.9% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  65. 76.4% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  66. 76.3% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  67. 75.8% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  68. 75.0% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  69. 74.3% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  70. 73.9% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  71. 70.8% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  72. 70.5% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  73. 69.9% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  74. 69.4% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  75. 69.0% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  76. 68.0% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  77. 67.2% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  78. 66.6% 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  79. 65.6% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  80. 65.5% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  81. 65.1% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  82. 65.0% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  83. 64.7% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  84. 64.4% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  85. 63.3% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  86. 86 Iraq
    59.8% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  87. 59.7% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  88. 59.1% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  89. 58.6% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  90. 57.8% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  91. 55.8% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  92. 92 Peru
    49.4% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  93. 48.8% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  94. 48.5% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  95. 48.2% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  96. 47.7% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  97. 46.9% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  98. 45.9% 2021
    Observed 2021 · WHO / World Bank
  99. 45.3% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  100. 45.0% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  101. 43.4% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  102. 102 Mexico
    43.0% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  103. 103 Ghana
    42.9% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  104. 104 Fiji
    42.1% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  105. 38.2% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  106. Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  107. 36.4% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  108. 108 Laos
    35.2% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  109. 31.3% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  110. 31.3% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  111. 30.6% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  112. 30.5% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  113. 30.0% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  114. 29.9% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  115. 27.5% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  116. 27.2% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  117. 25.5% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  118. 24.0% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  119. 22.1% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  120. 120 Togo
    20.5% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  121. 19.2% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  122. 122 Malawi
    18.2% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  123. 123 Uganda
    18.1% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  124. 124 Benin
    17.7% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  125. 125 Nepal
    16.5% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  126. 13.5% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  127. 11.9% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  128. 10.9% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  129. 129 Chad
    6.3% 2024
    Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank
  130. Observed 2024 · WHO / World Bank

Not observed

56 nations publish no figure for this indicator in the sources below. Absence is a fact about the world’s statistical apparatus, not a zero — these nations hold their place as hatched gaps, and a gap has no underside to turn over.

  • AngolaNOT OBSERVED
  • AntarcticaNOT OBSERVED

    Antarctica has no permanent population and no national government — it is administered under the Antarctic Treaty. No statistical agency compiles national indicators for it, so there is nothing here to report.

  • ArgentinaNOT OBSERVED
  • AustraliaNOT OBSERVED
  • BahamasNOT OBSERVED
  • BelizeNOT OBSERVED
  • BoliviaNOT OBSERVED
  • BruneiNOT OBSERVED
  • Burkina FasoNOT OBSERVED
  • BurundiNOT OBSERVED
  • CameroonNOT OBSERVED
  • Cape VerdeNOT OBSERVED
  • ChinaNOT OBSERVED
  • ComorosNOT OBSERVED
  • CubaNOT OBSERVED
  • DjiboutiNOT OBSERVED
  • El SalvadorNOT OBSERVED
  • Equatorial GuineaNOT OBSERVED
  • EritreaNOT OBSERVED
  • Falkland IslandsNOT OBSERVED

    The Falkland Islands are a British Overseas Territory, administered by the United Kingdom; sovereignty is disputed by Argentina. They are not a separate reporting entity in World Bank datasets.

  • The French Southern and Antarctic Lands have no permanent civilian population. They are administered from Réunion as an overseas territory of France and are not a separate reporting entity in international datasets.

  • GabonNOT OBSERVED
  • GreenlandNOT OBSERVED
  • GuineaNOT OBSERVED
  • HaitiNOT OBSERVED
  • JamaicaNOT OBSERVED
  • KenyaNOT OBSERVED
  • KosovoNOT OBSERVED
  • LiberiaNOT OBSERVED
  • LibyaNOT OBSERVED
  • MaliNOT OBSERVED
  • MauritaniaNOT OBSERVED
  • MauritiusNOT OBSERVED
  • NamibiaNOT OBSERVED
  • NicaraguaNOT OBSERVED
  • NigerNOT OBSERVED
  • Northern CyprusNOT OBSERVED

    Northern Cyprus is recognised as a state by Türkiye alone. It is not a member of the United Nations or the World Bank, and does not appear as a separate entity in the datasets these indicators are drawn from.

  • PanamaNOT OBSERVED
  • Papua New GuineaNOT OBSERVED
  • RwandaNOT OBSERVED
  • Saudi ArabiaNOT OBSERVED
  • Solomon IslandsNOT OBSERVED
  • SomaliaNOT OBSERVED
  • SomalilandNOT OBSERVED

    Somaliland declared independence in 1991 and has not been recognised by the United Nations or any member state. Where its figures are collected at all, they are reported within Somalia's.

  • South SudanNOT OBSERVED
  • SudanNOT OBSERVED
  • SyriaNOT OBSERVED
  • TaiwanNOT OBSERVED

    Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations, and is excluded from the World Bank and UN series that supply most of this dossier. Its own statistical agencies publish extensively.

  • ThailandNOT OBSERVED
  • Timor-LesteNOT OBSERVED
  • TürkiyeNOT OBSERVED
  • UruguayNOT OBSERVED
  • Vatican CityNOT OBSERVED

    Vatican City has a resident population of a few hundred and does not compile the economic and social series these indicators are drawn from.

  • VenezuelaNOT OBSERVED
  • YemenNOT OBSERVED
  • ZambiaNOT OBSERVED
Source

Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) — WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14.

Table assembled 2026-08-14 from each nation’s latest published observation. The same figure, with the same source, sits on each nation’s dossier. Gaps render as absences, never as zeros.