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Comparison · Drinking-water access vs GDP

Access follows money, not rainfall

Safely managed drinking-water access against national wealth. The climb is steep where countries are poor and flattens near universal coverage. Some naturally water-rich countries still have low access; some dry-but-rich ones are near universal. Availability isn't security.

Correlation · r
+0.524
moderate relationship
Countries
149
with both measures
X axis
GDP per capita
vs Safely managed drinking water
Each point is one country · named points highlighted
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GDP per capita (US$) and Safely managed drinking water (% pop), by country
CountryRegionGDP per capitaSafely managed drinking water
Hong Kong SAR, China East Asia & Pacific $54,075 100
Hungary Europe & Central Asia $23,292 100
Iceland Europe & Central Asia $86,041 100
Kuwait Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $32,718 100
Liechtenstein Europe & Central Asia $206,781 100
Macao SAR, China East Asia & Pacific $72,005 100
Monaco Europe & Central Asia $288,001 100
New Zealand East Asia & Pacific $49,205 100
Singapore East Asia & Pacific $90,674 100
San Marino Europe & Central Asia $59,880 100.0
Netherlands Europe & Central Asia $67,520 100.0
Denmark Europe & Central Asia $71,026 99.9
Germany Europe & Central Asia $56,104 99.9
Isle of Man Europe & Central Asia $88,329 99.9
Malta Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $43,899 99.8
United Kingdom Europe & Central Asia $53,246 99.8
Sweden Europe & Central Asia $57,117 99.8
Cyprus Europe & Central Asia $38,674 99.7
France Europe & Central Asia $46,103 99.7
Luxembourg Europe & Central Asia $137,782 99.7
Finland Europe & Central Asia $53,150 99.6
Slovenia Europe & Central Asia $34,301 99.6
Slovak Republic Europe & Central Asia $25,993 99.6
Belgium Europe & Central Asia $56,615 99.5
Israel Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $54,177 99.5
Spain Europe & Central Asia $35,327 99.5
Korea, Rep. East Asia & Pacific $36,239 99.3
Norway Europe & Central Asia $86,785 99.1
Estonia Europe & Central Asia $31,428 98.9
Puerto Rico (US) Latin America & Caribbean $39,344 98.9
Bahrain Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $29,654 98.9
Austria Europe & Central Asia $58,269 98.9
Japan East Asia & Pacific $32,487 98.7
Virgin Islands (U.S.) Latin America & Caribbean $44,321 98.7
United Arab Emirates Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $50,274 98.6
Czechia Europe & Central Asia $31,823 98.1
Chile Latin America & Caribbean $16,710 97.8
United States North America $84,534 97.6
Latvia Europe & Central Asia $23,409 97.0
Canada North America $54,340 96.9
New Caledonia East Asia & Pacific $29,213 96.9
Italy Europe & Central Asia $40,385 96.8
Lithuania Europe & Central Asia $29,384 96.7
Switzerland Europe & Central Asia $103,998 96.7
Greece Europe & Central Asia $24,626 96.7
St. Martin (French part) Latin America & Caribbean $21,668 96.6
Bulgaria Europe & Central Asia $17,596 96.2
Ireland Europe & Central Asia $112,895 96.1
Qatar Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $76,689 95.3
Portugal Europe & Central Asia $29,292 95.2
Turkmenistan Europe & Central Asia $6,857 94.9
Malaysia East Asia & Pacific $11,874 94.7
Iran, Islamic Rep. Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $5,190 94.4
Guam East Asia & Pacific $41,833 94.0
Belarus Europe & Central Asia $8,318 93.1
Kazakhstan Europe & Central Asia $14,155 91.5
Oman Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $20,285 91.1
Palau East Asia & Pacific $15,611 90.8
Andorra Europe & Central Asia $49,304 90.6
American Samoa East Asia & Pacific $18,017 90.5
French Polynesia East Asia & Pacific $22,440 90.4
Grenada Latin America & Caribbean $11,705 89.9
Jordan Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $4,618 89.0
Poland Europe & Central Asia $25,104 88.7
Brazil Latin America & Caribbean $10,311 88.6
Ukraine Europe & Central Asia $5,389 87.9
Croatia Europe & Central Asia $24,050 87.3
Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe & Central Asia $9,359 86.4
Montenegro Europe & Central Asia $13,263 85.5
Romania Europe & Central Asia $20,080 82.2
Armenia Europe & Central Asia $8,556 82.1
Uzbekistan Europe & Central Asia $3,162 81.9
Northern Mariana Islands East Asia & Pacific $23,786 81.5
North Macedonia Europe & Central Asia $9,292 80.8
West Bank and Gaza Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $2,592 80.6
Costa Rica Latin America & Caribbean $18,587 80.5
Morocco Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $4,153 80.0
Egypt, Arab Rep. Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $3,338 78.9
India South Asia $2,695 76.4
Russian Federation Europe & Central Asia $14,889 76.3
Moldova Europe & Central Asia $7,576 75.8
Serbia Europe & Central Asia $13,679 75.0
Colombia Latin America & Caribbean $7,919 74.3
Kyrgyz Republic Europe & Central Asia $2,420 73.9
Albania Europe & Central Asia $11,378 70.8
Georgia Europe & Central Asia $9,241 70.5
Ecuador Latin America & Caribbean $6,875 69.9
Trinidad and Tobago Latin America & Caribbean $18,733 69.4
Algeria Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $5,753 69.0
South Africa Sub-Saharan Africa $6,267 68.0
Guyana Latin America & Caribbean $29,675 67.2
Bhutan South Asia $3,831 65.6
Honduras Latin America & Caribbean $3,426 65.5
Tajikistan Europe & Central Asia $1,341 65.1
Tunisia Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $4,181 65.0
Seychelles Sub-Saharan Africa $17,859 64.7
Paraguay Latin America & Caribbean $6,416 64.4
Botswana Sub-Saharan Africa $7,696 63.3
Samoa East Asia & Pacific $5,393 62.5
Iraq Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $6,074 59.8
Myanmar East Asia & Pacific $1,359 59.7
Bangladesh South Asia $2,593 59.1
Viet Nam East Asia & Pacific $4,717 58.6
Azerbaijan Europe & Central Asia $7,284 57.8
Suriname Latin America & Caribbean $6,962 55.8
Peru Latin America & Caribbean $8,452 49.4
Guatemala Latin America & Caribbean $6,150 48.8
Philippines East Asia & Pacific $3,985 48.5
Gambia, The Sub-Saharan Africa $871 48.2
Lebanon Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $3,478 47.7
Turks and Caicos Islands Latin America & Caribbean $37,507 47.0
Sri Lanka South Asia $4,516 46.9
Congo, Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa $2,482 45.9
Dominican Republic Latin America & Caribbean $10,876 45.3
Pakistan Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $1,479 45.0
Mongolia East Asia & Pacific $6,751 43.4
Mexico Latin America & Caribbean $14,186 43.0
Ghana Sub-Saharan Africa $2,391 42.9
Fiji East Asia & Pacific $6,426 42.1
Eswatini Sub-Saharan Africa $3,910 38.2
Sao Tome and Principe Sub-Saharan Africa $3,491 36.7
Cote d'Ivoire Sub-Saharan Africa $2,728 36.4
Lao PDR East Asia & Pacific $2,124 35.2
Tanzania Sub-Saharan Africa $1,187 31.3
Lesotho Sub-Saharan Africa $972 31.3
Afghanistan Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $414 30.6
Indonesia East Asia & Pacific $4,925 30.5
Cambodia East Asia & Pacific $2,628 30.0
Nigeria Sub-Saharan Africa $1,084 29.9
Tonga East Asia & Pacific $5,652 29.6
Mozambique Sub-Saharan Africa $657 27.5
Senegal Sub-Saharan Africa $1,773 27.2
Zimbabwe Sub-Saharan Africa $2,497 25.5
Guinea-Bissau Sub-Saharan Africa $1,008 24.0
Madagascar Sub-Saharan Africa $545 22.1
Togo Sub-Saharan Africa $1,119 20.5
Vanuatu East Asia & Pacific $3,411 19.2
Nauru East Asia & Pacific $13,609 18.7
Malawi Sub-Saharan Africa $523 18.2
Uganda Sub-Saharan Africa $1,078 18.1
Benin Sub-Saharan Africa $1,485 17.7
Nepal South Asia $1,447 16.5
Kiribati East Asia & Pacific $2,289 15.1
Ethiopia Sub-Saharan Africa $1,134 13.5
Congo, Dem. Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa $649 11.9
Sierra Leone Sub-Saharan Africa $807 10.9
Tuvalu East Asia & Pacific $6,345 8.7
Chad Sub-Saharan Africa $962 6.3
Central African Republic Sub-Saharan Africa $516 6.2

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