People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population): Q5 (highest) by country

Countries reporting
97
Highest
100.0%
South Africa
Lowest
73.1%
Niger
Median
98.1%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,672

What the numbers show

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population): Q5 (highest) is currently reported for 97 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in South Africa; the lowest is 73.1% in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 98.1%, and the mean is 95.2%.

Over the past decade 70 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (up 29.9%), and the largest decrease in Madagascar (down 5.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Africa 100.0% 2017 up 2.8% flat
1 Turkmenistan 100.0% 2017 unchanged flat
1 Costa Rica 100.0% 2015 unchanged flat
1 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 100.0% 2017 up 29.9% rising
1 Ukraine 100.0% 2017 up 2.1% flat
1 Barbados 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Jordan 100.0% 2017 up 0.2% flat
1 Viet Nam 100.0% 2017 up 1.5% flat
1 Nepal 100.0% 2017 up 5.4% rising
10 Honduras 100.0% 2017 up 0.8% flat
11 Georgia 100.0% 2017 up 0.3% flat
12 Trinidad and Tobago 100.0% 2017 up 0.4% flat
13 Egypt 100.0% 2017 up 0.1% flat
14 Armenia 99.9% 2017 up 0.1% flat
15 North Macedonia 99.9% 2017 unchanged flat
16 Bolivia 99.9% 2017 up 0.2% flat
17 Belarus 99.9% 2017 down 0.1% flat
18 Mongolia 99.9% 2017 up 0.6% flat
19 Guyana 99.8% 2017 up 0.3% flat
20 Panama 99.8% 2017 unchanged flat
21 Bosnia and Herzegovina 99.8% 2017 up 0.7% flat
22 Mexico 99.7% 2017 down 0.1% flat
23 Maldives 99.7% 2017 flat
24 Suriname 99.7% 2017 up 0.3% flat
25 Colombia 99.7% 2017 down 0.0% flat
26 Thailand 99.7% 2017 up 0.4% flat
27 Serbia 99.6% 2017 up 0.1% flat
28 Uruguay 99.6% 2017 up 0.1% flat
29 Palestinian Authority or West Bank and Gaza Strip 99.5% 2017 down 0.1% flat
30 Peru 99.5% 2017 up 0.3% flat
31 Tunisia 99.5% 2017 up 0.3% flat
32 Namibia 99.5% 2017 down 0.1% flat
33 Kazakhstan 99.5% 2017 up 0.0% flat
34 Guatemala 99.4% 2017 up 1.0% flat
35 Philippines 99.3% 2017 up 0.2% flat
36 El Salvador 99.3% 2017 unchanged flat
37 Mali 99.3% 2017 up 16.1% rising
38 Bangladesh 99.2% 2017 up 0.5% flat
39 Saint Lucia 99.2% 2017 down 0.5% flat
40 Montenegro 99.0% 2017 down 0.1% flat
41 Türkiye 98.9% 2017 up 0.3% flat
42 Iraq 98.7% 2017 up 2.3% flat
43 Indonesia 98.4% 2017 up 7.2% rising
44 Senegal 98.3% 2017 up 1.4% flat
45 Paraguay 98.2% 2017 up 0.2% flat
46 Kyrgyzstan 98.2% 2017 down 1.2% flat
47 Dominican Republic 98.1% 2017 up 0.4% flat
48 Albania 98.1% 2017 down 0.4% flat
49 Nicaragua 98.1% 2017 down 0.0% flat
50 India 98.0% 2017 up 2.2% flat
51 Jamaica 98.0% 2017 up 1.5% flat
52 Eswatini 97.9% 2017 up 7.4% rising
53 Côte d’Ivoire 97.8% 2017 up 0.5% flat
54 Belize 97.6% 2017 down 1.9% flat
55 Pakistan 97.0% 2017 up 0.7% flat
56 Moldova 96.6% 2017 down 0.7% flat
57 Sudan 96.4% 2017 down 1.8% flat
58 Cambodia 96.4% 2017 up 7.4% rising
59 Yemen 96.1% 2017 up 0.4% flat
60 Zimbabwe 96.1% 2017 up 0.2% flat
61 Gabon 95.9% 2017 down 0.6% flat
62 Tajikistan 95.6% 2017 up 5.1% rising
63 Guinea 95.5% 2017 up 5.2% rising
64 Algeria 95.4% 2017 unchanged flat
65 Gambia 95.4% 2017 up 2.2% flat
66 Togo 95.3% 2017 up 8.7% rising
67 Nigeria 95.2% 2017 up 9.9% rising
68 Angola 94.9% 2017 up 6.5% rising
69 Cameroon 94.3% 2017 up 4.4% rising
70 Haiti 94.2% 2017 up 0.9% flat
71 Ghana 93.9% 2017 down 2.6% flat
72 Comoros 93.0% 2017 down 1.7% flat
73 Mozambique 92.9% 2017 up 10.4% rising
74 Somalia 92.6% 2017 up 5.4% rising
75 Kenya 92.2% 2017 up 1.8% flat
76 Zambia 92.1% 2017 up 0.1% flat
77 Afghanistan 91.8% 2017 up 13.9% rising
78 Congo 91.6% 2017 up 2.0% flat
79 Liberia 91.0% 2017 up 6.3% rising
80 Sao Tome and Principe 90.9% 2017 up 6.7% rising
81 Lesotho 90.7% 2017 up 4.6% rising
82 Benin 89.9% 2017 down 0.4% flat
83 Guinea-Bissau 89.4% 2017 up 3.5% rising
84 Burkina Faso 88.2% 2017 up 0.6% flat
85 Tanzania 88.1% 2017 up 6.9% rising
86 Mauritania 86.9% 2017 up 5.4% rising
87 Ethiopia 85.1% 2017 up 23.6% rising
88 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 84.6% 2017 up 2.5% flat
89 Malawi 83.9% 2017 up 6.1% rising
90 Chad 83.5% 2017 up 19.1% rising
91 Sierra Leone 82.5% 2017 up 11.5% rising
92 Madagascar 81.5% 2017 down 5.0% falling
93 Burundi 79.3% 2017 up 20.7% rising
94 Rwanda 76.9% 2017 up 7.2% rising
95 Uganda 76.7% 2017 up 10.6% rising
96 Central African Republic 75.3% 2016 down 0.3% flat
97 Niger 73.1% 2017 up 3.8% rising

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Indicator
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population): Q5 (highest)
Unit
highest
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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