Japan vs Puerto Rico: Share using safely managed drinking water

Japan

98.7%

in 2024

Puerto Rico

98.9%

in 2024

Japan rank

37th

Puerto Rico rank

34th

Share using safely managed drinking water over time

Japan
Puerto Rico

How they compare

Puerto Rico 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.

Japan ranks 37th and Puerto Rico ranks 34th of 163 countries.

Individual pages

Share using safely managed drinking water in Japan
Share using safely managed drinking water in Puerto Rico
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.