Austria vs Japan: Share using safely managed drinking water

Austria

98.9%

in 2024

Japan

98.7%

in 2024

Austria rank

36th

Japan rank

37th

Share using safely managed drinking water over time

Austria
Japan

How they compare

Austria currently reports 98.9% against 98.7% in Japan, a difference of 0.2%.

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

Austria ranks 36th and Japan ranks 37th of 163 countries.

Individual pages

Share using safely managed drinking water in Austria
Share using safely managed drinking water in Japan
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Share using safely managed drinking water
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: 163 places, 3,991 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Proportion of people using an improved drinking water source that is located on premises, available when needed and free from faecal and priority chemical contamination.