Drinking water service usage in Ukraine
Ukraine: Drinking water service usage was 87.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Drinking water service usage in Ukraine, 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 Ukraine is 87.9%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water service usage in Ukraine peaked at 89.4% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 66.3%, in 2000.
That places Ukraine 78th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 72.0% | 66.3% | 82.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 88.1% | 84.6% | 89.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.1% | 87.9% | 88.2% | 5 |
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More environment data for Ukraine
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 196.96 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 5.2 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 8.72 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.8576 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 40.73 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0166 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 60.67 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0558 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0908 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 10.15 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water service usage in Ukraine?
- Drinking water service usage in Ukraine was 87.9% 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 Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 89.4% in 2012.
- What is the lowest drinking water service usage recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 66.3% in 2000.
- How does Ukraine rank for drinking water service usage?
- Ukraine ranks 78th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water service usage rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ukraine 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.