People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of rural population): Q2 by country
Countries reporting
97
Highest
100.0%
Paraguay
Lowest
15.1%
Democratic Republic of Congo
Median
73.1%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,663
What the numbers show
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of rural population): Q2 is currently reported for 97 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Paraguay; the lowest is 15.1% in Democratic Republic of Congo.
The median across all reporting countries is 73.1%, and the mean is 69.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 75 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 459.7%), and the largest decrease in Chad (down 20.8%).
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paraguay | 100.0% | 2017 | up 66.3% | rising |
| 1 | Saint Lucia | 100.0% | 2017 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 100.0% | 2015 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Barbados | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Ukraine | 99.8% | 2017 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 6 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 99.7% | 2017 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 7 | Maldives | 99.6% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 8 | Egypt | 99.4% | 2017 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 9 | Armenia | 99.2% | 2017 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 10 | Costa Rica | 99.1% | 2015 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Palestine | 99.1% | 2017 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 12 | Thailand | 98.8% | 2017 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 13 | North Macedonia | 98.7% | 2017 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 14 | Belize | 98.4% | 2017 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 15 | Jordan | 98.4% | 2017 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 16 | Belarus | 98.3% | 2017 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 17 | Montenegro | 98.3% | 2017 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 18 | Turkmenistan | 98.1% | 2017 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 19 | Kazakhstan | 98.1% | 2017 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 20 | Serbia | 97.4% | 2017 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 21 | Guyana | 97.3% | 2017 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 22 | Mexico | 96.8% | 2017 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 23 | Albania | 94.0% | 2017 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 24 | Turkey | 94.0% | 2017 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 25 | Bangladesh | 93.6% | 2017 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 26 | Dominican Republic | 93.4% | 2017 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 27 | Georgia | 91.8% | 2017 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 28 | Philippines | 91.4% | 2017 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 29 | Panama | 91.2% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Vietnam | 91.0% | 2017 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 31 | Uruguay | 90.3% | 2017 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 32 | Iraq | 89.0% | 2017 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 33 | Honduras | 88.4% | 2017 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 34 | Jamaica | 88.1% | 2017 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 35 | India | 88.1% | 2017 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 36 | Nepal | 87.9% | 2017 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 37 | Guatemala | 87.0% | 2017 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 38 | Suriname | 86.4% | 2017 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 39 | Algeria | 85.2% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 40 | Pakistan | 85.1% | 2017 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 41 | El Salvador | 84.9% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 42 | Tunisia | 82.2% | 2017 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 43 | Bolivia | 79.4% | 2017 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 44 | Comoros | 79.2% | 2017 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 45 | Kyrgyzstan | 78.4% | 2017 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 46 | Indonesia | 77.7% | 2017 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 47 | Peru | 75.5% | 2017 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 48 | Moldova | 75.3% | 2017 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 49 | Sao Tome and Principe | 73.1% | 2017 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 50 | Tajikistan | 72.7% | 2017 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 51 | Colombia | 71.9% | 2017 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 52 | Laos | 70.1% | 2017 | up 57.4% | rising |
| 53 | Gambia | 68.9% | 2017 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 54 | South Africa | 68.7% | 2017 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 55 | Cambodia | 66.4% | 2017 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 56 | Liberia | 62.0% | 2017 | up 64.9% | rising |
| 57 | Malawi | 61.6% | 2017 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 58 | Lesotho | 61.4% | 2017 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 59 | Benin | 60.4% | 2017 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 60 | Mongolia | 60.0% | 2017 | up 73.0% | rising |
| 61 | Ghana | 59.5% | 2017 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 62 | Eswatini | 59.2% | 2017 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 63 | Guinea | 57.9% | 2017 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 64 | Burundi | 57.0% | 2017 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 65 | Namibia | 55.1% | 2017 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 66 | Cote d'Ivoire | 54.7% | 2017 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 67 | Mali | 54.5% | 2017 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 68 | Senegal | 54.0% | 2017 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 69 | Burkina Faso | 53.0% | 2017 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 70 | Nicaragua | 52.6% | 2017 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 71 | Afghanistan | 52.0% | 2017 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 72 | Guinea-Bissau | 50.1% | 2017 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 73 | Yemen | 50.0% | 2017 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 74 | Gabon | 49.1% | 2017 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 75 | Rwanda | 45.8% | 2017 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 76 | Kenya | 45.6% | 2017 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 77 | Zimbabwe | 43.1% | 2017 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 78 | Niger | 42.5% | 2017 | up 49.0% | rising |
| 79 | Nigeria | 41.5% | 2017 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 80 | Sierra Leone | 41.3% | 2017 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 81 | Sudan | 41.1% | 2017 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 82 | Cameroon | 40.6% | 2017 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 83 | Uganda | 38.1% | 2017 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 84 | Central African Republic | 37.4% | 2016 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 85 | Zambia | 36.9% | 2017 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 86 | Somalia | 35.9% | 2017 | up 459.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Mauritania | 35.4% | 2017 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 88 | Congo | 33.6% | 2017 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 89 | Togo | 33.5% | 2017 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 90 | Mozambique | 32.6% | 2017 | up 68.4% | rising |
| 91 | Ethiopia | 30.9% | 2017 | up 84.7% | rising |
| 92 | Tanzania | 30.5% | 2017 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 93 | Haiti | 30.2% | 2017 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 94 | Madagascar | 25.2% | 2017 | up 73.2% | rising |
| 95 | Chad | 22.8% | 2017 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 96 | Angola | 18.3% | 2017 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 97 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 15.1% | 2017 | down 2.3% | flat |