People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of urban population): Q3 by country

Countries reporting
97
Highest
100.0%
North Macedonia
Lowest
67.9%
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Median
97.4%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,663

What the numbers show

People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of urban population): Q3 is currently reported for 97 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in North Macedonia; the lowest is 67.9% in Congo, Democratic Republic of the.

The median across all reporting countries is 97.4%, and the mean is 94.8%.

Over the past decade 69 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 19.3%), and the largest decrease in Benin (down 4.1%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 North Macedonia 100.0% 2017 unchanged flat
1 Turkmenistan 100.0% 2017 unchanged flat
1 Suriname 100.0% 2017 up 2.2% flat
1 Maldives 100.0% 2017 flat
1 Panama 100.0% 2017 unchanged flat
1 Saint Lucia 100.0% 2017 unchanged flat
1 Ukraine 100.0% 2017 up 1.0% flat
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 100.0% 2017 up 0.6% flat
1 Cambodia 100.0% 2017 up 7.0% rising
1 Lao People's Democratic Republic 100.0% 2017 up 16.2% rising
1 Barbados 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
12 Paraguay 100.0% 2017 up 4.0% rising
13 Tunisia 100.0% 2017 down 0.0% flat
14 Georgia 100.0% 2017 up 0.8% flat
15 South Africa 100.0% 2017 up 9.0% rising
16 Belarus 99.9% 2017 unchanged flat
17 Mexico 99.9% 2017 up 0.2% flat
18 Uruguay 99.9% 2017 up 0.2% flat
19 Costa Rica 99.9% 2015 unchanged flat
20 Armenia 99.9% 2017 up 0.1% flat
21 Viet Nam 99.9% 2017 up 0.4% flat
22 Egypt 99.8% 2017 down 0.1% flat
23 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 99.8% 2017 up 1.8% flat
24 Palestine, State of 99.8% 2017 up 1.0% flat
25 Trinidad and Tobago 99.8% 2015 unchanged flat
26 Serbia 99.7% 2017 up 0.6% flat
27 Honduras 99.7% 2017 up 1.1% flat
28 El Salvador 99.7% 2017 unchanged flat
29 Thailand 99.6% 2017 up 0.2% flat
30 Jordan 99.6% 2017 down 0.2% flat
31 Colombia 99.5% 2017 down 0.1% flat
32 Guyana 99.4% 2017 down 0.4% flat
33 Montenegro 99.3% 2017 unchanged flat
34 Kazakhstan 99.2% 2017 up 0.2% flat
35 Bangladesh 99.2% 2017 up 0.4% flat
36 Philippines 99.1% 2017 up 0.9% flat
37 Kyrgyzstan 99.0% 2017 up 0.2% flat
38 Iraq 98.7% 2017 up 1.9% flat
39 Albania 98.5% 2017 down 0.3% flat
40 Guatemala 98.4% 2017 up 0.9% flat
41 Indonesia 98.3% 2017 up 10.1% rising
42 Belize 98.2% 2017 down 1.7% flat
43 Türkiye 98.2% 2017 down 0.0% flat
44 Nepal 98.0% 2017 up 3.8% rising
45 Yemen 97.9% 2017 up 2.5% flat
46 Namibia 97.8% 2017 down 0.7% flat
47 India 97.8% 2017 up 2.9% flat
48 Jamaica 97.6% 2017 up 0.0% flat
49 Pakistan 97.4% 2017 up 0.4% flat
50 Nicaragua 97.4% 2017 up 0.2% flat
51 Eswatini 97.1% 2017 up 1.8% flat
52 Mali 96.9% 2017 up 13.6% rising
53 Peru 96.9% 2017 up 0.9% flat
54 Zimbabwe 96.3% 2017 up 0.2% flat
55 Côte d'Ivoire 96.3% 2017 up 5.4% rising
56 Gabon 96.2% 2017 up 1.0% flat
57 Dominican Republic 96.1% 2017 down 0.0% flat
58 Tajikistan 96.1% 2017 up 2.3% flat
59 Comoros 95.9% 2017 up 1.9% flat
60 Senegal 95.7% 2017 up 0.9% flat
61 Burundi 95.3% 2017 up 19.3% rising
62 Republic of Moldova 95.2% 2017 down 1.5% flat
63 Algeria 94.8% 2017 unchanged flat
64 Togo 94.4% 2017 up 8.9% rising
65 Ethiopia 93.9% 2017 up 3.6% rising
66 Ghana 93.9% 2017 up 2.5% flat
67 Lesotho 93.6% 2017 up 4.6% rising
68 Somalia 93.4% 2017 up 15.9% rising
69 Sudan 93.0% 2017 up 2.2% flat
70 Afghanistan 92.9% 2017 up 15.8% rising
71 Kenya 92.7% 2017 up 0.3% flat
72 Guinea 92.6% 2017 up 5.4% rising
73 Mongolia 92.2% 2017 up 3.9% rising
74 Nigeria 91.4% 2017 up 15.4% rising
75 Haiti 90.8% 2017 down 1.0% flat
76 Niger 90.8% 2017 up 2.1% flat
77 Mozambique 90.7% 2017 up 18.0% rising
78 Madagascar 90.2% 2017 up 3.9% rising
79 Cameroon 88.9% 2017 up 6.1% rising
80 Liberia 88.9% 2017 up 11.2% rising
81 Zambia 88.7% 2017 up 2.8% rising
82 Congo 88.4% 2017 up 2.5% flat
83 Gambia 87.7% 2017 down 0.7% flat
84 Sao Tome and Principe 87.5% 2017 up 10.6% rising
85 Burkina Faso 87.3% 2017 down 1.9% flat
86 Guinea-Bissau 87.2% 2017 up 6.7% rising
87 Mauritania 86.5% 2017 up 9.5% rising
88 Tanzania, United Republic of 86.2% 2017 up 1.5% flat
89 Angola 86.1% 2017 up 14.2% rising
90 Malawi 85.7% 2017 up 1.5% flat
91 Chad 85.3% 2017 up 16.0% rising
92 Rwanda 85.0% 2017 up 6.0% rising
93 Uganda 83.3% 2017 up 4.0% rising
94 Benin 77.7% 2017 down 4.1% falling
95 Sierra Leone 75.3% 2017 up 7.0% rising
96 Central African Republic 73.1% 2016 down 0.5% flat
97 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 67.9% 2017 up 3.7% rising

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Indicator
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of urban population): Q3
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, 1,663 data points, 2000–2017
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