Drinking water service usage in Belgium
Belgium: Drinking water service usage was 99.5% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Drinking water service usage in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, drinking water service usage in Belgium stood at 99.5%. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water service usage in Belgium peaked at 99.8% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 99.5%, in 2024.
That places Belgium 27th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 99.8% | 99.8% | 99.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 99.7% | 99.6% | 99.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.6% | 99.5% | 99.6% | 5 |
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More environment data for Belgium
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 107.82 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 9.09 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 6.62 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.2815 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 2.68 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0377 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 11.74 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0561 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0383 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.98 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water service usage in Belgium?
- Drinking water service usage in Belgium was 99.5% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest drinking water service usage recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 99.8% in 2005.
- What is the lowest drinking water service usage recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.5% in 2024.
- How does Belgium rank for drinking water service usage?
- Belgium ranks 27th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water service usage rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Drinking water service usage. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.