Drinking water service usage in Slovakia
Slovakia: Drinking water service usage was 99.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Drinking water service usage in Slovakia, 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 Slovakia stood at 99.6%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water service usage in Slovakia peaked at 99.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 92.2%, in 2001.
That places Slovakia 26th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 94.5% | 92.2% | 97.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.9% | 97.9% | 99.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.5% | 99.3% | 99.6% | 5 |
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More environment data for Slovakia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 39 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 7.19 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 1.47 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.1853 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.7001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0206 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 5.06 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.018 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0053 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 2.64 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water service usage in Slovakia?
- Drinking water service usage in Slovakia was 99.6% 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 Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 99.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest drinking water service usage recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 92.2% in 2001.
- How does Slovakia rank for drinking water service usage?
- Slovakia ranks 26th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water service usage rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Slovakia 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.