What is the difference in people using improved drinking water sources between Republic of Korea and Uruguay?

0.0026 people, with Uruguay ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Republic of Korea and Uruguay?

23 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as People using improved drinking water sources. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Republic of Korea vs Uruguay: People using improved drinking water sources

Republic of Korea

0 people

in 2024

Uruguay

0.0026 people

in 2024

Republic of Korea rank

193rd

Uruguay rank

191st

People using improved drinking water sources over time

Republic of Korea
Uruguay

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 0.0026 people against 0 people in Republic of Korea, a difference of 0.0026 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Republic of Korea ahead.

Republic of Korea ranks 193rd and Uruguay ranks 191st of 231 countries.

Republic of Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Republic of Korea	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
2000s	565,715 people	52,006 people	513,708 people	Republic of Korea
2010s	314,841 people	14,426 people	300,415 people	Republic of Korea
2020s	52,740 people	0.0308 people	52,740 people	Republic of Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher people using improved drinking water sources, Republic of Korea or Uruguay?: Uruguay, at 0.0026 people against 0 people in Republic of Korea as of 2024.
What is the difference in people using improved drinking water sources between Republic of Korea and Uruguay?: 0.0026 people, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Republic of Korea and Uruguay?: 23 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2024.
How do Republic of Korea and Uruguay rank globally for people using improved drinking water sources?: Republic of Korea ranks 193rd and Uruguay ranks 191st of 231 countries.
Where does this data come from?: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as People using improved drinking water sources. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Republic of Korea vs Uruguay: People using improved drinking water sources. Statizoid, drawing on WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 08 September 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-people-in-the-world-with-and-without-access-to-improved-water-sources/korea-rep/uruguay/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-people-in-the-world-with-and-without-access-to-improved-water-sources/korea-rep/uruguay/">Republic of Korea vs Uruguay: People using improved drinking water sources</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: People using improved drinking water sources
Unit: people
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 231 places, 5,586 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of people using only unimproved drinking water sources.