Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Hungary
Hungary: Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita was 100.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Hungary, 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, using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Hungary stood at 100.0%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Hungary peaked at 100.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 93.9%, in 2000.
That places Hungary 1st out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 95.3% | 93.9% | 96.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.2% | 97.0% | 99.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.9% | 99.7% | 100.0% | 5 |
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More environment data for Hungary
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 60.45 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 6.32 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 3.44 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.4767 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 2.08 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0174 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 10.7 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.027 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0172 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 4.63 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Hungary?
- Using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Hungary 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 using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 93.9% in 2000.
- How does Hungary rank for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita?
- Hungary ranks 1st out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Hungary 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 Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of people who use an improved drinking water source, regardless of collection time. An improved drinking water source is a safely designed drinking water source and includes e.g. piped water, boreholes or tubewells and packaged or delivered water.