The share of people with an improved drinking-water source on premises, available when needed and free from contamination. The highest bar the data sets for access. Ranked from lowest coverage up — availability in nature and access at the tap are not the same thing.
149 countries · source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme · years 2017–2024 · open this measure in the console →
| # | Country | Region | % pop | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.2 | 2024 |
| 2 | Chad | Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.3 | 2024 |
| 3 | Tuvalu | East Asia & Pacific | 8.7 | 2024 |
| 4 | Sierra Leone | Sub-Saharan Africa | 10.9 | 2024 |
| 5 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.9 | 2024 |
| 6 | Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 13.5 | 2024 |
| 7 | Kiribati | East Asia & Pacific | 15.1 | 2024 |
| 8 | Nepal | South Asia | 16.5 | 2024 |
| 9 | Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | 17.7 | 2024 |
| 10 | Uganda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 18.1 | 2024 |
| 11 | Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 18.2 | 2024 |
| 12 | Nauru | East Asia & Pacific | 18.7 | 2024 |
| 13 | Vanuatu | East Asia & Pacific | 19.2 | 2024 |
| 14 | Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 20.5 | 2024 |
| 15 | Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | 22.1 | 2024 |
| 16 | Guinea-Bissau | Sub-Saharan Africa | 24.0 | 2024 |
| 17 | Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 25.5 | 2024 |
| 18 | Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | 27.2 | 2024 |
| 19 | Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | 27.5 | 2024 |
| 20 | Tonga | East Asia & Pacific | 29.6 | 2024 |
| 21 | Nigeria | Sub-Saharan Africa | 29.9 | 2024 |
| 22 | Cambodia | East Asia & Pacific | 30.0 | 2024 |
| 23 | Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | 30.5 | 2024 |
| 24 | Afghanistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 30.6 | 2024 |
| 25 | Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | 31.3 | 2024 |
| 26 | Tanzania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 31.3 | 2024 |
| 27 | Lao PDR | East Asia & Pacific | 35.2 | 2024 |
| 28 | Cote d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | 36.4 | 2024 |
| 29 | Sao Tome and Principe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 36.7 | 2024 |
| 30 | Eswatini | Sub-Saharan Africa | 38.2 | 2024 |
| 31 | Fiji | East Asia & Pacific | 42.1 | 2024 |
| 32 | Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 42.9 | 2024 |
| 33 | Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | 43.0 | 2024 |
| 34 | Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | 43.4 | 2024 |
| 35 | Pakistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 45.0 | 2024 |
| 36 | Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | 45.3 | 2024 |
| 37 | Congo, Rep. | Sub-Saharan Africa | 45.9 | 2021 |
| 38 | Sri Lanka | South Asia | 46.9 | 2024 |
| 39 | Turks and Caicos Islands | Latin America & Caribbean | 47.0 | 2024 |
| 40 | Lebanon | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 47.7 | 2024 |
| 41 | Gambia, The | Sub-Saharan Africa | 48.2 | 2024 |
| 42 | Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | 48.5 | 2024 |
| 43 | Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | 48.8 | 2024 |
| 44 | Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | 49.4 | 2024 |
| 45 | Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | 55.8 | 2024 |
| 46 | Azerbaijan | Europe & Central Asia | 57.8 | 2024 |
| 47 | Viet Nam | East Asia & Pacific | 58.6 | 2024 |
| 48 | Bangladesh | South Asia | 59.1 | 2024 |
| 49 | Myanmar | East Asia & Pacific | 59.7 | 2024 |
| 50 | Iraq | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 59.8 | 2024 |
| 51 | Samoa | East Asia & Pacific | 62.5 | 2024 |
| 52 | Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 63.3 | 2024 |
| 53 | Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 64.4 | 2024 |
| 54 | Seychelles | Sub-Saharan Africa | 64.7 | 2024 |
| 55 | Tunisia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 65.0 | 2024 |
| 56 | Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | 65.1 | 2024 |
| 57 | Honduras | Latin America & Caribbean | 65.5 | 2024 |
| 58 | Bhutan | South Asia | 65.6 | 2024 |
| 59 | Guyana | Latin America & Caribbean | 67.2 | 2024 |
| 60 | South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | 68.0 | 2024 |
| 61 | Algeria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 69.0 | 2024 |
| 62 | Trinidad and Tobago | Latin America & Caribbean | 69.4 | 2024 |
| 63 | Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | 69.9 | 2024 |
| 64 | Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | 70.5 | 2024 |
| 65 | Albania | Europe & Central Asia | 70.8 | 2024 |
| 66 | Kyrgyz Republic | Europe & Central Asia | 73.9 | 2024 |
| 67 | Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | 74.3 | 2024 |
| 68 | Serbia | Europe & Central Asia | 75.0 | 2024 |
| 69 | Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | 75.8 | 2024 |
| 70 | Russian Federation | Europe & Central Asia | 76.3 | 2024 |
| 71 | India | South Asia | 76.4 | 2024 |
| 72 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 78.9 | 2024 |
| 73 | Morocco | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 80.0 | 2024 |
| 74 | Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | 80.5 | 2024 |
| 75 | West Bank and Gaza | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 80.6 | 2024 |
| 76 | North Macedonia | Europe & Central Asia | 80.8 | 2024 |
| 77 | Northern Mariana Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 81.5 | 2024 |
| 78 | Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | 81.9 | 2024 |
| 79 | Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | 82.1 | 2024 |
| 80 | Romania | Europe & Central Asia | 82.2 | 2024 |
| 81 | Montenegro | Europe & Central Asia | 85.5 | 2024 |
| 82 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | 86.4 | 2024 |
| 83 | Croatia | Europe & Central Asia | 87.3 | 2024 |
| 84 | Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | 87.9 | 2024 |
| 85 | Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | 88.6 | 2024 |
| 86 | Poland | Europe & Central Asia | 88.7 | 2024 |
| 87 | Jordan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 89.0 | 2024 |
| 88 | Grenada | Latin America & Caribbean | 89.9 | 2017 |
| 89 | French Polynesia | East Asia & Pacific | 90.4 | 2024 |
| 90 | American Samoa | East Asia & Pacific | 90.5 | 2024 |
| 91 | Andorra | Europe & Central Asia | 90.6 | 2024 |
| 92 | Palau | East Asia & Pacific | 90.8 | 2024 |
| 93 | Oman | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 91.1 | 2024 |
| 94 | Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | 91.5 | 2024 |
| 95 | Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | 93.1 | 2024 |
| 96 | Guam | East Asia & Pacific | 94.0 | 2024 |
| 97 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 94.4 | 2024 |
| 98 | Malaysia | East Asia & Pacific | 94.7 | 2024 |
| 99 | Turkmenistan | Europe & Central Asia | 94.9 | 2024 |
| 100 | Portugal | Europe & Central Asia | 95.2 | 2024 |
| 101 | Qatar | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 95.3 | 2024 |
| 102 | Ireland | Europe & Central Asia | 96.1 | 2024 |
| 103 | Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | 96.2 | 2024 |
| 104 | St. Martin (French part) | Latin America & Caribbean | 96.6 | 2024 |
| 105 | Greece | Europe & Central Asia | 96.7 | 2024 |
| 106 | Switzerland | Europe & Central Asia | 96.7 | 2024 |
| 107 | Lithuania | Europe & Central Asia | 96.7 | 2024 |
| 108 | Italy | Europe & Central Asia | 96.8 | 2024 |
| 109 | New Caledonia | East Asia & Pacific | 96.9 | 2024 |
| 110 | Canada | North America | 96.9 | 2024 |
| 111 | Latvia | Europe & Central Asia | 97.0 | 2024 |
| 112 | United States | North America | 97.6 | 2024 |
| 113 | Chile | Latin America & Caribbean | 97.8 | 2024 |
| 114 | Czechia | Europe & Central Asia | 98.1 | 2024 |
| 115 | United Arab Emirates | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 98.6 | 2024 |
| 116 | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | Latin America & Caribbean | 98.7 | 2024 |
| 117 | Japan | East Asia & Pacific | 98.7 | 2024 |
| 118 | Austria | Europe & Central Asia | 98.9 | 2024 |
| 119 | Bahrain | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 98.9 | 2024 |
| 120 | Puerto Rico (US) | Latin America & Caribbean | 98.9 | 2024 |
| 121 | Estonia | Europe & Central Asia | 98.9 | 2024 |
| 122 | Norway | Europe & Central Asia | 99.1 | 2024 |
| 123 | Korea, Rep. | East Asia & Pacific | 99.3 | 2024 |
| 124 | Spain | Europe & Central Asia | 99.5 | 2024 |
| 125 | Israel | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 99.5 | 2024 |
| 126 | Belgium | Europe & Central Asia | 99.5 | 2024 |
| 127 | Slovak Republic | Europe & Central Asia | 99.6 | 2024 |
| 128 | Slovenia | Europe & Central Asia | 99.6 | 2024 |
| 129 | Finland | Europe & Central Asia | 99.6 | 2024 |
| 130 | Luxembourg | Europe & Central Asia | 99.7 | 2024 |
| 131 | France | Europe & Central Asia | 99.7 | 2024 |
| 132 | Cyprus | Europe & Central Asia | 99.7 | 2024 |
| 133 | Sweden | Europe & Central Asia | 99.8 | 2024 |
| 134 | United Kingdom | Europe & Central Asia | 99.8 | 2024 |
| 135 | Malta | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 99.8 | 2024 |
| 136 | Isle of Man | Europe & Central Asia | 99.9 | 2024 |
| 137 | Germany | Europe & Central Asia | 99.9 | 2024 |
| 138 | Denmark | Europe & Central Asia | 99.9 | 2024 |
| 139 | Netherlands | Europe & Central Asia | 100.0 | 2024 |
| 140 | San Marino | Europe & Central Asia | 100.0 | 2024 |
| 141 | Hong Kong SAR, China | East Asia & Pacific | 100 | 2024 |
| 142 | Hungary | Europe & Central Asia | 100 | 2024 |
| 143 | Iceland | Europe & Central Asia | 100 | 2024 |
| 144 | Kuwait | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 100 | 2024 |
| 145 | Liechtenstein | Europe & Central Asia | 100 | 2024 |
| 146 | Macao SAR, China | East Asia & Pacific | 100 | 2024 |
| 147 | Monaco | Europe & Central Asia | 100 | 2024 |
| 148 | New Zealand | East Asia & Pacific | 100 | 2024 |
| 149 | Singapore | East Asia & Pacific | 100 | 2024 |