Drinking water service usage in Iceland
Iceland: Drinking water service usage was 100.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Drinking water service usage in Iceland, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for drinking water service usage in Iceland is 100.0%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water service usage in Iceland peaked at 100.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 90.2%, in 2000.
Iceland ranks 1st of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Drinking water service usage in Iceland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 90.2% | — |
| 2001 | 90.7% | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 91.2% | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 91.8% | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 92.3% | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 92.8% | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 93.4% | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 93.9% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 94.4% | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 95.0% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 95.5% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 96.0% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 96.6% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 97.1% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 97.6% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 98.2% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 98.7% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 99.3% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 99.8% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 100.0% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Iceland compared with similar countries
- Iceland's 100.0% is above the median for high income countries, which is 98.7%, 1.0× the median. (68 countries reporting)
- Iceland's 100.0% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 96.7%, 1.0× the median. (53 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 92.6% | 90.2% | 95.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 97.9% | 95.5% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
- 1 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 100.0% compare
- 1 Gibraltar 100.0% compare
- 1 Hong Kong 100.0% compare
- 1 Hungary 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 Iceland
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.89 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.587 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.47 °C (2025)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -4.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) -100 % change on previous year (2008)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water service usage in Iceland?
- Drinking water service usage in Iceland 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 Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest drinking water service usage recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 90.2% in 2000.
- How does Iceland rank for drinking water service usage?
- Iceland ranks 1st out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water service usage rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland 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 fecal and priority chemical contamination.