People using improved drinking water sources in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: People using improved drinking water sources was 1.25 million people in 2024. ▼ Falling
People using improved drinking water sources in Viet Nam, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in people.
Analysis
Viet Nam recorded 1.25 million people for people using improved drinking water sources in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 32.2% on the previous year and down 75.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using improved drinking water sources in Viet Nam peaked at 7.38 million people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1.25 million people, in 2024.
That places Viet Nam 43rd out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
People using improved drinking water sources in Viet Nam, year by year
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.38 million people | — |
| 2001 | 7.22 million people | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 7.07 million people | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 6.90 million people | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 6.74 million people | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 6.57 million people | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 6.42 million people | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 6.30 million people | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 6.18 million people | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 6.03 million people | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 5.86 million people | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 5.69 million people | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 5.51 million people | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 5.34 million people | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 5.16 million people | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 4.99 million people | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 4.81 million people | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 4.63 million people | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 4.44 million people | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 4.21 million people | -5.1% |
| 2020 | 3.63 million people | -13.6% |
| 2021 | 3.04 million people | -16.4% |
| 2022 | 2.44 million people | -19.6% |
| 2023 | 1.85 million people | -24.4% |
| 2024 | 1.25 million people | -32.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.68 million people | 6.03 million people | 7.38 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.06 million people | 4.21 million people | 5.86 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.44 million people | 1.25 million people | 3.63 million people | 5 |
Countries ranked near Viet Nam
- 40 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 1.43 million people compare
- 41 Sierra Leone 1.36 million people compare
- 42 South Sudan 1.27 million people compare
- 44 Rwanda 1.25 million people compare
- 45 Guinea 1.14 million people compare
- 46 Togo 1.12 million people compare
More environment data for Viet Nam
- Heating Degree Days 201.25 (2024)
- Cooling Degree Days 4,503 (2024)
- Total fisheries production 9.08 million metric tons (2024)
- Capture fisheries production 3.43 million metric tons (2024)
- Aquaculture production 5.65 million metric tons (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste 1.72 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.4764 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 5.36 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 26.09 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes 2.19 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using improved drinking water sources in Viet Nam?
- People using improved drinking water sources in Viet Nam was 1.25 million people 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 people using improved drinking water sources recorded in Viet Nam?
- The highest recorded value was 7.38 million people in 2000.
- What is the lowest people using improved drinking water sources recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.25 million people in 2024.
- How does Viet Nam rank for people using improved drinking water sources?
- Viet Nam ranks 43rd out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Viet Nam?
- Over the last ten years it is down 75.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Viet Nam 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 People using improved drinking water sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of people using only unimproved drinking water sources.