Drinking water service usage in Hong Kong
Hong Kong: Drinking water service usage was 100.0% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Drinking water service usage in Hong Kong, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Hong Kong recorded 100.0% for drinking water service usage in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water service usage in Hong Kong peaked at 100.0% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 98.4%, in 2000.
That places Hong Kong 1st out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 98.8% | 98.4% | 99.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 99.6% | 99.2% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Hong Kong
- 1 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 100.0% compare
- 1 Gibraltar 100.0% compare
- 1 Hungary 100.0% compare
- 1 Iceland 100.0% compare
- 1 Kuwait 100.0% compare
- 1 Liechtenstein 100.0% compare
- 1 Macao 100.0% compare
- 1 Monaco 100.0% compare
- 1 New Zealand 100.0% compare
- 1 Saint Barthelemy 100.0% compare
- 1 Singapore 100.0% compare
More environment data for Hong Kong
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 40.31 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 5.36 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.0153 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.006 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0705 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0005 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 4.92 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.025 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0254 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 4.78 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water service usage in Hong Kong?
- Drinking water service usage in Hong Kong was 100.0% 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 Hong Kong?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2020.
- What is the lowest drinking water service usage recorded in Hong Kong?
- The lowest recorded value was 98.4% in 2000.
- How does Hong Kong rank for drinking water service usage?
- Hong Kong ranks 1st out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water service usage rising or falling in Hong Kong?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Hong Kong 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.