Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Spain
Spain: Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita was 99.9% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Spain, 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 using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Spain is 99.9%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Spain peaked at 100.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 99.9%, in 2024.
That places Spain 61st out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 100.0% | 99.9% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 58 Bhutan 99.9% compare
- 59 Mauritius 99.9% compare
- 62 Czechia 99.9% compare
- 63 Saint Martin (French part) 99.9% compare
- 64 Turkmenistan 99.9% compare
More environment data for Spain
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 285.64 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 5.85 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 27.33 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.8102 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.37 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.104 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 42.81 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.1099 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.1597 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 12.89 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Spain?
- Using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Spain was 99.9% 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 using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.9% in 2024.
- How does Spain rank for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita?
- Spain ranks 61st out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Spain 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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About this data
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.