Barbados vs Saudi Arabia: Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source

Barbados

99.2%

in 2024

Saudi Arabia

99.0%

in 2024

Barbados rank

88th

Saudi Arabia rank

91st

Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source over time

Barbados
Saudi Arabia

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 99.2% against 99.0% in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Barbados ranks 88th and Saudi Arabia ranks 91st of 231 countries.

Individual pages

About this data

Indicator: Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source
Unit: %
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: 07 August 2026

Proportion of people who use an improved drinking water source, which is either located on their premises, or at a collection point, which takes no more than 30 minutes for a roundtrip.