Egypt vs Mexico: People using at least basic drinking water services (% of)

Egypt
99.5%
in 2017
Mexico
99.3%
in 2017
Egypt rank
13th
Mexico rank
16th

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) over time

  • Egypt
  • Mexico
020406080100200020082017

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 99.5% against 99.3% in Mexico, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 18 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Mexico ahead.

Egypt ranks 13th and Mexico ranks 16th of 97 countries.

Mexico has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Egypt Mexico Difference Ahead
2000s 97.6% 98.6% 1.0% Mexico
2010s 99.0% 99.1% 0.1% Mexico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher people using at least basic drinking water services (% of), Egypt or Mexico?
Egypt, at 99.5% against 99.3% in Mexico as of 2017.
What is the difference in people using at least basic drinking water services (% of) between Egypt and Mexico?
0.2%, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Mexico?
18 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2017.
How do Egypt and Mexico rank globally for people using at least basic drinking water services (% of)?
Egypt ranks 13th and Mexico ranks 16th of 97 countries.
Where does this data come from?
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org), published as People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population): Q2. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Egypt vs Mexico: People using at least basic drinking water services (% of). Statizoid, drawing on WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org). Retrieved 01 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/people-using-at-least-basic-drinking-water-services-percent-of-population-q2/egypt-arab-rep/mexico/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/people-using-at-least-basic-drinking-water-services-percent-of-population-q2/egypt-arab-rep/mexico/">Egypt vs Mexico: People using at least basic drinking water services (% of)</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population): Q2
Source
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
97 places, 1,672 data points, 2000–2017
Last refreshed