People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population): Q3 by country

Countries reporting
97
Highest
100.0%
Honduras
Lowest
24.9%
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Median
92.0%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,672

What the numbers show

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population): Q3 is currently reported for 97 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Honduras; the lowest is 24.9% in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The median across all reporting countries is 92.0%, and the mean is 82.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 81 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 242.7%), and the largest decrease in Kyrgyzstan (down 8.0%).

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Honduras 100.0% 2017 up 7.2% rising
1 Maldives 100.0% 2017 flat
1 Barbados 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Costa Rica 100.0% 2015 unchanged flat
1 Saint Lucia 100.0% 2017 up 2.9% rising
1 Paraguay 100.0% 2017 up 14.7% rising
7 Ukraine 100.0% 2017 up 2.0% rising
8 Suriname 100.0% 2017 up 2.2% flat
9 Uruguay 99.9% 2017 up 0.3% flat
10 Armenia 99.9% 2017 up 0.5% flat
11 Panama 99.9% 2017 unchanged flat
12 Mexico 99.8% 2017 up 0.2% flat
13 State of Palestine 99.8% 2017 up 0.8% flat
14 Belarus 99.8% 2017 down 0.1% flat
15 Egypt 99.7% 2017 up 1.0% flat
16 Trinidad and Tobago 99.6% 2017 up 2.2% rising
17 North Macedonia 99.4% 2017 up 0.9% flat
18 Serbia 99.3% 2017 up 0.7% flat
19 Montenegro 99.3% 2017 up 0.3% flat
20 Bosnia and Herzegovina 99.1% 2017 up 1.1% flat
21 Guyana 99.1% 2017 up 0.8% flat
22 Jordan 99.1% 2017 down 0.5% flat
23 Turkmenistan 99.1% 2017 up 6.9% rising
24 Nepal 99.0% 2017 up 13.9% rising
25 Colombia 98.9% 2017 up 1.3% flat
26 Kazakhstan 98.8% 2017 up 4.7% rising
27 Iraq 98.8% 2017 up 19.2% rising
28 Thailand 98.6% 2017 up 1.7% flat
29 Tunisia 98.4% 2017 up 0.5% flat
30 Jamaica 98.4% 2017 up 2.8% rising
31 Belize 98.4% 2017 down 0.6% flat
32 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 98.4% 2017 up 4.6% rising
33 Viet Nam 98.3% 2017 up 6.6% rising
34 Albania 98.1% 2017 up 0.7% flat
35 El Salvador 98.1% 2017 unchanged flat
36 Bangladesh 97.6% 2017 up 0.7% flat
37 Türkiye 97.3% 2017 down 0.0% flat
38 Philippines 97.1% 2017 up 1.7% flat
39 Georgia 96.9% 2017 up 1.2% flat
40 Dominican Republic 96.6% 2017 up 1.3% flat
41 Guatemala 96.3% 2017 up 9.6% rising
42 Pakistan 94.8% 2017 up 2.0% flat
43 Algeria 94.6% 2017 unchanged flat
44 South Africa 94.6% 2017 up 7.9% rising
45 Mongolia 94.5% 2017 up 15.2% rising
46 Peru 93.7% 2017 up 5.0% rising
47 Gabon 92.7% 2017 up 1.9% flat
48 Indonesia 92.7% 2017 up 17.7% rising
49 India 92.0% 2017 up 6.5% rising
50 Nicaragua 89.2% 2017 down 0.7% flat
51 Congo 89.2% 2017 up 28.8% rising
52 Ghana 88.0% 2017 up 19.6% rising
53 Comoros 86.6% 2017 down 2.0% flat
54 Republic of Moldova 86.4% 2017 down 3.6% falling
55 Namibia 85.6% 2017 up 11.2% rising
56 Liberia 84.8% 2017 up 21.3% rising
57 Kyrgyzstan 83.0% 2017 down 8.0% falling
58 Sao Tome and Principe 82.4% 2017 up 12.9% rising
59 Lao People's Democratic Republic 82.2% 2017 up 35.5% rising
60 Senegal 81.8% 2017 up 20.4% rising
61 Gambia 80.8% 2017 up 7.9% rising
62 Yemen 79.9% 2017 up 15.7% rising
63 Sudan 79.6% 2017 up 18.5% rising
64 Somalia 76.3% 2017 up 242.7% volatile
65 Tajikistan 76.1% 2017 up 19.6% rising
66 Cambodia 75.8% 2017 up 13.8% rising
67 Côte d'Ivoire 72.1% 2017 up 6.2% rising
68 Mali 71.8% 2017 up 52.7% rising
69 Eswatini 69.8% 2017 up 25.3% rising
70 Guinea-Bissau 69.3% 2017 up 24.8% rising
71 Guinea 69.1% 2017 up 24.8% rising
72 Lesotho 68.8% 2017 up 2.6% flat
73 Mauritania 68.3% 2017 up 20.3% rising
74 Nigeria 67.6% 2017 up 46.6% rising
75 Haiti 67.1% 2017 up 22.5% rising
76 Benin 67.1% 2017 up 9.6% rising
77 Angola 66.6% 2017 up 7.2% rising
78 Cameroon 65.5% 2017 up 17.8% rising
79 Afghanistan 63.8% 2017 up 32.4% rising
80 Malawi 63.3% 2017 up 22.3% rising
81 Kenya 61.0% 2017 up 30.0% rising
82 Togo 60.5% 2017 up 20.4% rising
83 Zimbabwe 60.4% 2017 up 1.6% flat
84 Burundi 58.8% 2017 up 21.6% rising
85 Sierra Leone 56.6% 2017 up 27.2% rising
86 Zambia 54.9% 2017 up 22.6% rising
87 Burkina Faso 50.7% 2017 down 2.6% flat
88 Rwanda 47.2% 2017 up 9.5% rising
89 Mozambique 45.6% 2017 up 83.9% rising
90 United Republic of Tanzania 43.2% 2017 up 37.0% rising
91 Niger 43.2% 2017 up 37.3% rising
92 Central African Republic 40.1% 2016 down 4.8% falling
93 Uganda 40.0% 2017 up 26.3% rising
94 Ethiopia 37.5% 2017 up 86.3% rising
95 Chad 37.1% 2017 up 5.6% rising
96 Madagascar 36.5% 2017 up 57.7% rising
97 Democratic Republic of the Congo 24.9% 2017 up 7.5% rising

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Indicator
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population): Q3
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
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