People using safely managed drinking water services, urban (% of urban population) by country
The percentage of people using drinking water from an improved source that is accessible on premises, available when needed and free from fecal and priority chemical contamination. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water.
Countries reporting
104
Highest
100.0%
France
Lowest
10.4%
Tuvalu
Median
74.9%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
3,310
What the numbers show
People using safely managed drinking water services, urban (% of urban population) is currently reported for 104 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in France; the lowest is 10.4% in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 74.9%, and the mean is 69.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.
Over the past decade 70 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Lao People's Democratic Republic (up 160.1%), and the largest decrease in Nepal (down 32.4%).
People using safely managed drinking water services, urban: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 100.0% | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 1 | Gibraltar | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hong Kong, China | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 1 | Hungary | 100.0% | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Macau, China | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 1 | Monaco | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Singapore | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | San Marino | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Germany | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 11 | Luxembourg | 99.8% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 12 | Spain | 99.7% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 13 | Australia | 99.6% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 14 | Israel | 99.5% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 15 | Lithuania | 99.3% | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 16 | Chile | 99.2% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 17 | Czechia | 98.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Palau | 97.7% | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 19 | United States of America | 97.7% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 20 | Portugal | 97.0% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 21 | Turkmenistan | 96.9% | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 22 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 96.6% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 23 | Croatia | 96.5% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | China | 96.4% | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 25 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 96.2% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 26 | Ireland | 96.1% | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 27 | Romania | 95.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Uruguay | 94.6% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 29 | Samoa | 92.0% | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 30 | Morocco | 91.3% | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 31 | Brazil | 90.7% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 32 | Georgia | 89.3% | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 33 | Uzbekistan | 88.9% | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 34 | Ukraine | 88.3% | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 35 | Montenegro | 87.3% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 36 | North Macedonia | 84.7% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 37 | India | 83.0% | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 38 | Ecuador | 82.4% | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 39 | Palestine, State of | 81.9% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 40 | Colombia | 81.8% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 41 | Serbia | 81.6% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 42 | Kyrgyzstan | 81.0% | 2024 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 43 | Costa Rica | 80.4% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 44 | Sri Lanka | 80.1% | 2024 | down 11.5% | flat |
| 45 | Honduras | 78.4% | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 46 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 77.0% | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 47 | Eswatini | 76.9% | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 48 | Azerbaijan | 76.5% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 49 | Guyana | 76.0% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 50 | Viet Nam | 75.8% | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 51 | El Salvador | 75.7% | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 52 | South Africa | 75.6% | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 53 | Myanmar | 74.2% | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 54 | Trinidad and Tobago | 73.1% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 55 | Paraguay | 72.2% | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 56 | Algeria | 72.1% | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 57 | Lesotho | 69.4% | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 58 | Botswana | 68.9% | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 59 | Gambia | 68.4% | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 60 | Tunisia | 67.9% | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 61 | Iraq | 64.6% | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 62 | Suriname | 63.4% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 63 | Philippines | 62.2% | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 64 | Bhutan | 61.5% | 2024 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 65 | Ghana | 60.2% | 2024 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 66 | Congo | 58.6% | 2021 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 67 | Cambodia | 57.2% | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 68 | Peru | 56.2% | 2024 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 69 | Zimbabwe | 55.4% | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 70 | Mongolia | 55.4% | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 71 | Bangladesh | 54.3% | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 72 | Rwanda | 53.4% | 2024 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 73 | Fiji | 52.5% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 74 | Malawi | 52.4% | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 75 | Guatemala | 51.7% | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 76 | Côte d'Ivoire | 51.5% | 2024 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 77 | Tonga | 50.9% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 78 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 50.9% | 2024 | up 160.1% | rising |
| 79 | Zambia | 50.2% | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 80 | Mozambique | 47.5% | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 81 | Dominican Republic | 46.9% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 82 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 46.5% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Pakistan | 45.4% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 84 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 45.2% | 2024 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Senegal | 41.1% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 86 | Sao Tome and Principe | 40.3% | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 87 | Uganda | 40.0% | 2024 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 88 | Madagascar | 38.6% | 2024 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 89 | Ethiopia | 38.4% | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 90 | Vanuatu | 38.3% | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 91 | Afghanistan | 36.4% | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 92 | Guinea-Bissau | 36.1% | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 93 | Nigeria | 36.0% | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 94 | Indonesia | 34.7% | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 95 | Togo | 34.6% | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 96 | Benin | 28.4% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 97 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 24.2% | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 98 | Nepal | 23.6% | 2024 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 99 | Kiribati | 20.9% | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 100 | Naoero | 18.7% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 101 | Chad | 17.6% | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 102 | Sierra Leone | 12.5% | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 103 | Central African Republic | 11.3% | 2024 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 104 | Tuvalu | 10.4% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North America 97.5%
- High income 96.4%
- Europe & Central Asia 95.3%
- IBRD only 87.3%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 85.6%
- East Asia & Pacific 85.3%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 85.3%
- Upper middle income 85.1%
- Latin America & Caribbean 84.5%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 83.9%
- South Asia 83.6%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 83.6%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 83.6%
- World 83.4%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 83.4%
- IDA & IBRD total 79.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 74.6%
- Lower middle income 74.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 73.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 73.4%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 57.9%
- IDA only 55.7%
- Low income 54.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 53.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 52.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 52.8%
- IDA total 52.1%
- IDA blend 46.6%
- Africa Western and Central 41.9%
About this data
The percentage of people using drinking water from an improved source that is accessible on premises, available when needed and free from fecal and priority chemical contamination. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water.