People using at least basic drinking water services in OECD members
OECD members: People using at least basic drinking water services was 99.2% in 2024. ▬ Flat
People using at least basic drinking water services in OECD members, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
In 2024, people using at least basic drinking water services in OECD members stood at 99.2%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using at least basic drinking water services in OECD members peaked at 99.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 97.4%, in 2000.
OECD members ranks 4th of 45 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
People using at least basic drinking water services in OECD members, year by year
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 97.4% | — |
| 2001 | 97.5% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 97.7% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 97.7% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 97.8% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 98.2% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 98.2% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 98.3% | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 98.4% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 98.4% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 98.5% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 98.5% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 98.6% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 98.7% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 98.7% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 98.8% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 98.8% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 98.9% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 98.9% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 99.0% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 99.0% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 99.1% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 99.1% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 99.2% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 99.2% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 98.0% | 97.4% | 98.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.7% | 98.5% | 99.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.1% | 99.0% | 99.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near OECD members
- 1 American Samoa 100.0% compare
- 1 Andorra 100.0% compare
- 1 Austria 100.0% compare
- 1 Belgium 100.0% compare
- 1 Bermuda 100.0% compare
- 1 Brazil 100.0% compare
- 1 Brunei Darussalam 100.0% compare
- 1 Curaçao 100.0% compare
- 1 Denmark 100.0% compare
- 1 Estonia 100.0% compare
- 1 Faroe Islands 100.0% compare
- 1 Finland 100.0% compare
- 1 France 100.0% compare
- 1 French Polynesia 100.0% compare
- 1 Germany 100.0% compare
- 1 Gibraltar 100.0% compare
- 1 Greece 100.0% compare
- 1 Greenland 100.0% compare
- 1 Hong Kong, China 100.0% compare
- 1 Hungary 100.0% compare
- 1 Iceland 100.0% compare
- 1 Isle of Man 100.0% compare
- 1 Israel 100.0% compare
- 1 Republic of Korea 100.0% compare
- 1 Kuwait 100.0% compare
- 1 Liechtenstein 100.0% compare
- 1 Luxembourg 100.0% compare
- 1 Macau, China 100.0% compare
- 1 Malta 100.0% compare
- 1 Monaco 100.0% compare
- 1 Netherlands 100.0% compare
- 1 New Zealand 100.0% compare
- 1 Northern Mariana Islands 100.0% compare
- 1 Norway 100.0% compare
- 1 Puerto Rico 100.0% compare
- 1 Romania 100.0% compare
- 1 Singapore 100.0% compare
- 1 Switzerland 100.0% compare
- 1 Thailand 100.0% compare
- 1 United Arab Emirates 100.0% compare
- 1 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 100.0% compare
More health data for OECD members
- Population ages 0-14, male 17.0% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 904.84 million (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 455.55 million (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 63.3% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 449.29 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 230.64 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female 112.57 million (2025)
- Population, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, male, per capita 0.494 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using at least basic drinking water services in OECD members?
- People using at least basic drinking water services in OECD members was 99.2% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest people using at least basic drinking water services recorded in OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 99.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people using at least basic drinking water services recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 97.4% in 2000.
- How does OECD members rank for people using at least basic drinking water services?
- OECD members ranks 4th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is people using at least basic drinking water services rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this OECD members data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The percentage of people using at least basic water services. This indicator encompasses both people using basic water services as well as those using safely managed water services. Basic drinking water services is defined as drinking water from an improved source, provided collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a round trip. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water.