Dominican Republic vs Egypt: Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source

Dominican Republic

97.5%

in 2024

Egypt

97.3%

in 2024

Dominican Republic rank

120th

Egypt rank

121st

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

Dominican Republic
Egypt

How they compare

Dominican Republic currently reports 97.5% against 97.3% in Egypt, a difference of 0.2%.

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

Dominican Republic ranks 120th and Egypt ranks 121st of 231 countries.

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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.