Norway vs Spain: Share using safely managed drinking water

Norway

99.1%

in 2024

Spain

99.5%

in 2024

Norway rank

31st

Spain rank

29th

Share using safely managed drinking water over time

Norway
Spain

How they compare

Spain currently reports 99.5% against 99.1% in Norway, a difference of 0.4%.

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

Norway ranks 31st and Spain ranks 29th of 163 countries.

Individual pages

Share using safely managed drinking water in Norway
Share using safely managed drinking water in Spain
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.