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

Countries reporting
97
Highest
100.0%
Turkmenistan
Lowest
83.8%
Central African Republic
Median
98.9%
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): Q5 (highest) is currently reported for 97 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Turkmenistan; the lowest is 83.8% in Central African Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 98.9%, and the mean is 97.7%.

Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Chad (up 11.4%), and the largest decrease in Ghana (down 3.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Turkmenistan 100.0% 2017 unchanged flat
1 Lao People's Democratic Republic 100.0% 2017 up 6.4% rising
1 Armenia 100.0% 2017 up 0.3% flat
1 Georgia 100.0% 2017 up 0.2% flat
1 South Africa 100.0% 2017 up 2.1% flat
1 Panama 100.0% 2017 unchanged flat
1 Guatemala 100.0% 2017 up 0.5% flat
1 Barbados 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Eswatini 100.0% 2017 up 2.3% rising
1 Chad 100.0% 2017 up 11.4% rising
1 Costa Rica 100.0% 2015 unchanged flat
12 Thailand 100.0% 2017 up 0.2% flat
13 Jordan 100.0% 2017 up 0.1% flat
14 Nepal 100.0% 2017 up 4.0% rising
15 Egypt 100.0% 2017 up 0.1% flat
16 Palestine, State of 99.9% 2017 up 0.2% flat
17 Viet Nam 99.9% 2017 down 0.0% flat
18 North Macedonia 99.9% 2017 unchanged flat
19 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 99.9% 2017 up 0.1% flat
20 Kyrgyzstan 99.9% 2017 down 0.0% flat
21 Belarus 99.8% 2017 down 0.1% flat
22 Guyana 99.7% 2017 down 0.2% flat
23 Serbia 99.7% 2017 up 0.2% flat
24 Mexico 99.7% 2017 down 0.2% flat
25 Peru 99.7% 2017 up 0.1% flat
26 Trinidad and Tobago 99.7% 2015 unchanged flat
27 Honduras 99.7% 2017 up 0.1% flat
28 Bangladesh 99.6% 2017 up 0.0% flat
29 Mongolia 99.6% 2017 down 0.1% flat
30 El Salvador 99.6% 2017 unchanged flat
31 Colombia 99.6% 2017 down 0.2% flat
32 Ukraine 99.5% 2017 up 1.8% flat
33 Uruguay 99.5% 2017 up 0.1% flat
34 Philippines 99.5% 2017 down 0.0% flat
35 Suriname 99.5% 2017 down 0.1% flat
36 Tunisia 99.4% 2017 unchanged flat
37 Kazakhstan 99.4% 2017 down 0.0% flat
38 Namibia 99.4% 2017 down 0.1% flat
39 Montenegro 99.4% 2017 down 0.1% flat
40 Türkiye 99.3% 2017 up 0.4% flat
41 Lesotho 99.3% 2017 up 3.0% rising
42 Saint Lucia 99.2% 2017 unchanged flat
43 Maldives 99.2% 2017 flat
44 Senegal 99.2% 2017 up 0.9% flat
45 Côte d'Ivoire 99.0% 2017 down 0.2% flat
46 Ethiopia 99.0% 2017 up 0.1% flat
47 Nicaragua 99.0% 2017 up 0.1% flat
48 Bosnia and Herzegovina 98.9% 2017 down 1.0% flat
49 India 98.9% 2017 up 1.0% flat
50 Indonesia 98.8% 2017 up 4.4% rising
51 Cambodia 98.8% 2017 down 0.3% flat
52 Gambia 98.8% 2017 up 1.6% flat
53 Mozambique 98.8% 2017 up 3.8% rising
54 Iraq 98.7% 2017 up 1.7% flat
55 Albania 98.7% 2017 down 0.5% flat
56 Republic of Moldova 98.7% 2017 up 0.1% flat
57 Paraguay 98.6% 2017 down 0.2% flat
58 Dominican Republic 98.4% 2017 up 0.5% flat
59 Sudan 98.3% 2017 down 1.3% flat
60 Mali 98.1% 2017 up 2.7% flat
61 Yemen 98.1% 2017 down 0.5% flat
62 Zambia 98.0% 2017 up 2.0% flat
63 Comoros 98.0% 2017 up 1.1% flat
64 Jamaica 97.8% 2017 down 0.4% flat
65 Burundi 97.7% 2017 up 0.3% flat
66 Tajikistan 97.2% 2017 down 0.1% flat
67 Guinea 97.1% 2017 up 3.5% rising
68 Madagascar 97.0% 2017 up 0.2% flat
69 Nigeria 97.0% 2017 up 4.9% rising
70 Niger 96.9% 2017 up 1.9% flat
71 Malawi 96.9% 2017 up 0.3% flat
72 Burkina Faso 96.8% 2017 unchanged flat
73 Belize 96.7% 2017 down 3.3% flat
74 Zimbabwe 96.5% 2017 down 0.6% flat
75 Kenya 96.3% 2017 down 0.9% flat
76 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 96.2% 2017 up 0.8% flat
77 Afghanistan 96.2% 2017 down 0.8% flat
78 Pakistan 96.1% 2017 up 1.0% flat
79 Cameroon 96.0% 2017 up 1.5% flat
80 Togo 95.9% 2017 up 1.6% flat
81 Haiti 95.8% 2017 down 0.5% flat
82 Algeria 95.4% 2017 unchanged flat
83 Tanzania, United Republic of 95.4% 2017 up 2.4% flat
84 Gabon 95.4% 2017 down 0.8% flat
85 Rwanda 95.3% 2017 up 1.9% flat
86 Uganda 95.2% 2017 up 2.6% flat
87 Ghana 94.7% 2017 down 3.6% falling
88 Benin 94.4% 2017 down 2.4% flat
89 Angola 94.2% 2017 up 5.4% rising
90 Somalia 93.9% 2017 up 0.8% flat
91 Congo 92.8% 2017 up 1.3% flat
92 Sao Tome and Principe 92.1% 2017 up 2.5% flat
93 Guinea-Bissau 91.6% 2017 up 2.6% flat
94 Liberia 90.9% 2017 up 4.7% rising
95 Mauritania 88.5% 2017 up 3.9% rising
96 Sierra Leone 85.4% 2017 up 10.2% rising
97 Central African Republic 83.8% 2016 up 0.4% flat

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