People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of rural population): Q5 (highest) by country
Countries reporting
97
Highest
100.0%
Costa Rica
Lowest
38.7%
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Median
92.5%
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): Q5 (highest) is currently reported for 97 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Costa Rica; the lowest is 38.7% in Congo, Democratic Republic of the.
The median across all reporting countries is 92.5%, and the mean is 84.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 72 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 134.1%), and the largest decrease in Burkina Faso (down 11.8%).
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Costa Rica | 100.0% | 2015 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Nepal | 100.0% | 2017 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 1 | Viet Nam | 100.0% | 2017 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 1 | Ukraine | 100.0% | 2017 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 1 | Barbados | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100.0% | 2017 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 7 | Turkmenistan | 100.0% | 2017 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 8 | Maldives | 99.9% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 9 | Egypt | 99.8% | 2017 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 10 | Guyana | 99.8% | 2017 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 11 | Thailand | 99.7% | 2017 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 12 | Armenia | 99.5% | 2017 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 13 | Trinidad and Tobago | 99.5% | 2015 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Belarus | 99.4% | 2017 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 15 | Uruguay | 99.4% | 2017 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 16 | Suriname | 99.3% | 2017 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 17 | Panama | 99.2% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Saint Lucia | 99.1% | 2017 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 19 | Mexico | 99.0% | 2017 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 20 | Bangladesh | 99.0% | 2017 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 21 | Paraguay | 99.0% | 2017 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 22 | Philippines | 98.9% | 2017 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 23 | Montenegro | 98.8% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Kazakhstan | 98.8% | 2017 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 25 | Honduras | 98.7% | 2017 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 26 | North Macedonia | 98.6% | 2017 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 27 | Serbia | 98.4% | 2017 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 28 | Palestine, State of | 98.2% | 2017 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 29 | Jordan | 98.1% | 2017 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 30 | Belize | 97.7% | 2017 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 31 | Dominican Republic | 97.6% | 2017 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 32 | Guatemala | 96.9% | 2017 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 33 | Jamaica | 96.9% | 2017 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 34 | Tunisia | 96.8% | 2017 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 35 | Pakistan | 96.3% | 2017 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 36 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 96.2% | 2017 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 37 | Albania | 96.2% | 2017 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 38 | El Salvador | 96.0% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 39 | Iraq | 95.6% | 2017 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 40 | Georgia | 95.6% | 2017 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 41 | India | 95.4% | 2017 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 42 | Türkiye | 95.4% | 2017 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 43 | Sudan | 94.9% | 2017 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 44 | Indonesia | 94.8% | 2017 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 45 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 94.7% | 2017 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 46 | Kyrgyzstan | 94.3% | 2017 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 47 | Algeria | 93.8% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | Namibia | 92.8% | 2017 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 49 | Colombia | 92.5% | 2017 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 50 | Senegal | 92.3% | 2017 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 51 | Republic of Moldova | 90.3% | 2017 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 52 | Eswatini | 89.9% | 2017 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 53 | Yemen | 89.8% | 2017 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 54 | South Africa | 89.7% | 2017 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 55 | Comoros | 88.4% | 2017 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 56 | Ghana | 87.2% | 2017 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 57 | Tajikistan | 86.3% | 2017 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 58 | Cambodia | 86.2% | 2017 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 59 | Liberia | 85.9% | 2017 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 60 | Mali | 84.4% | 2017 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 61 | Mongolia | 84.2% | 2017 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 62 | Sao Tome and Principe | 84.1% | 2017 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 63 | Peru | 81.8% | 2017 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 64 | Gabon | 80.3% | 2017 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 65 | Nigeria | 80.2% | 2017 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 66 | Haiti | 79.8% | 2017 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 67 | Nicaragua | 79.5% | 2017 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 68 | Guinea | 77.5% | 2017 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 69 | Lesotho | 76.8% | 2017 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 70 | Kenya | 76.4% | 2017 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 71 | Gambia | 76.1% | 2017 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 72 | Mauritania | 75.6% | 2017 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 73 | Zimbabwe | 73.8% | 2017 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 74 | Somalia | 73.6% | 2017 | up 134.1% | rising |
| 75 | Benin | 73.5% | 2017 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 76 | Congo | 72.9% | 2017 | up 57.9% | rising |
| 77 | Togo | 72.5% | 2017 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 78 | Malawi | 71.6% | 2017 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 79 | Afghanistan | 71.2% | 2017 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 80 | Côte d'Ivoire | 71.2% | 2017 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 81 | Guinea-Bissau | 69.4% | 2017 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 82 | Burundi | 64.9% | 2017 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 83 | Cameroon | 63.7% | 2017 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 84 | Madagascar | 62.9% | 2017 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 85 | Sierra Leone | 62.9% | 2017 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 86 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 60.2% | 2017 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 87 | Rwanda | 58.8% | 2017 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 88 | Zambia | 57.6% | 2017 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 89 | Mozambique | 57.0% | 2017 | up 81.5% | rising |
| 90 | Uganda | 52.6% | 2017 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 91 | Burkina Faso | 52.3% | 2017 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 92 | Ethiopia | 49.6% | 2017 | up 84.3% | rising |
| 93 | Angola | 47.5% | 2017 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 94 | Chad | 47.1% | 2017 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 95 | Niger | 44.8% | 2017 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 96 | Central African Republic | 42.6% | 2016 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 97 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 38.7% | 2017 | up 16.2% | rising |