India vs Russia: Share using safely managed drinking water

India

76.4%

in 2024

Russia

76.3%

in 2024

India rank

91st

Russia rank

92nd

Share using safely managed drinking water over time

India
Russia

How they compare

India currently reports 76.4% against 76.3% in Russia, a difference of 0.2%.

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

India ranks 91st and Russia ranks 92nd of 163 countries.

Individual pages

Share using safely managed drinking water in India
Share using safely managed drinking water in Russia
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.