People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population): Q4 by country
Countries reporting
97
Highest
100.0%
Saint Lucia
Lowest
45.2%
Ethiopia
Median
95.2%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,672
What the numbers show
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population): Q4 is currently reported for 97 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Saint Lucia; the lowest is 45.2% in Ethiopia.
The median across all reporting countries is 95.2%, and the mean is 88.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 76 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Ethiopia (up 81.8%), and the largest decrease in Burkina Faso (down 11.5%).
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint Lucia | 100.0% | 2017 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 1 | Turkmenistan | 100.0% | 2017 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 1 | Panama | 100.0% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Honduras | 100.0% | 2017 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 1 | Barbados | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Ukraine | 100.0% | 2017 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 7 | Uruguay | 100.0% | 2017 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 8 | Maldives | 99.9% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 9 | Trinidad and Tobago | 99.9% | 2017 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 10 | Georgia | 99.9% | 2017 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 11 | Egypt | 99.9% | 2017 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 12 | Paraguay | 99.8% | 2017 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 13 | Armenia | 99.8% | 2017 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 99.8% | 2015 | unchanged | flat |
| 15 | Viet Nam | 99.8% | 2017 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 16 | Belarus | 99.8% | 2017 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 17 | Mexico | 99.8% | 2017 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 18 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 99.7% | 2017 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 19 | Suriname | 99.7% | 2017 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 20 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 99.7% | 2017 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 21 | Serbia | 99.6% | 2017 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 22 | Palestine, State of | 99.6% | 2017 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 23 | Colombia | 99.6% | 2017 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 24 | Jordan | 99.5% | 2017 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 25 | El Salvador | 99.4% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Tunisia | 99.4% | 2017 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 27 | Montenegro | 99.3% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | North Macedonia | 99.3% | 2017 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 29 | Guyana | 99.1% | 2017 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 30 | Thailand | 99.1% | 2017 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 31 | Kazakhstan | 99.0% | 2017 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 32 | Philippines | 99.0% | 2017 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 33 | Bangladesh | 98.9% | 2017 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 34 | Namibia | 98.8% | 2017 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 35 | Nepal | 98.4% | 2017 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 36 | Mongolia | 97.9% | 2017 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 37 | Peru | 97.6% | 2017 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 38 | Albania | 97.6% | 2017 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 39 | Iraq | 97.5% | 2017 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 40 | Guatemala | 97.5% | 2017 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 41 | Türkiye | 97.0% | 2017 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 42 | Belize | 96.8% | 2017 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 43 | Indonesia | 96.7% | 2017 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 44 | Pakistan | 96.5% | 2017 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 45 | Dominican Republic | 96.5% | 2017 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 46 | India | 95.8% | 2017 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 47 | Nicaragua | 95.5% | 2017 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 48 | Gabon | 95.2% | 2017 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 49 | South Africa | 95.2% | 2017 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 50 | Jamaica | 95.0% | 2017 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 51 | Algeria | 94.9% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 52 | Yemen | 94.7% | 2017 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 53 | Senegal | 94.4% | 2017 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 54 | Kyrgyzstan | 93.4% | 2017 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 55 | Ghana | 92.3% | 2017 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 56 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 92.0% | 2017 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 57 | Republic of Moldova | 91.8% | 2017 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 58 | Côte d'Ivoire | 91.8% | 2017 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 59 | Sudan | 91.6% | 2017 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 60 | Liberia | 91.5% | 2017 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 61 | Comoros | 90.3% | 2017 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 62 | Mali | 89.5% | 2017 | up 55.7% | rising |
| 63 | Tajikistan | 88.7% | 2017 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 64 | Togo | 88.6% | 2017 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 65 | Congo | 88.2% | 2017 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 66 | Cameroon | 88.1% | 2017 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 67 | Somalia | 88.0% | 2017 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 68 | Haiti | 87.9% | 2017 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 69 | Angola | 87.8% | 2017 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 70 | Eswatini | 87.7% | 2017 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 71 | Guinea | 86.9% | 2017 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 72 | Sao Tome and Principe | 86.3% | 2017 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 73 | Zimbabwe | 85.4% | 2017 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 74 | Mauritania | 85.0% | 2017 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 75 | Nigeria | 83.9% | 2017 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 76 | Cambodia | 83.1% | 2017 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 77 | Guinea-Bissau | 82.3% | 2017 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 78 | Gambia | 81.9% | 2017 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 79 | Lesotho | 80.0% | 2017 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 80 | Kenya | 78.9% | 2017 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 81 | Benin | 75.8% | 2017 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 82 | Zambia | 74.6% | 2017 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 83 | Sierra Leone | 70.3% | 2017 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 84 | Malawi | 68.2% | 2017 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 85 | Afghanistan | 66.5% | 2017 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 86 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 64.2% | 2017 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 87 | Mozambique | 64.0% | 2017 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 88 | Burundi | 60.1% | 2017 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 89 | Central African Republic | 56.8% | 2016 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 90 | Burkina Faso | 55.0% | 2017 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 91 | Rwanda | 53.8% | 2017 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 92 | Chad | 52.3% | 2017 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 93 | Madagascar | 50.2% | 2017 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 94 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 48.2% | 2017 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 95 | Uganda | 48.1% | 2017 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 96 | Niger | 47.0% | 2017 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 97 | Ethiopia | 45.2% | 2017 | up 81.8% | rising |