Italy vs Latvia: Share using safely managed drinking water

Italy

96.8%

in 2024

Latvia

97.0%

in 2024

Italy rank

47th

Latvia rank

44th

Share using safely managed drinking water over time

Italy
Latvia

How they compare

Latvia currently reports 97.0% against 96.8% in Italy, a difference of 0.3%.

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

Italy ranks 47th and Latvia ranks 44th of 163 countries.

Individual pages

Share using safely managed drinking water in Italy
Share using safely managed drinking water in Latvia
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.