Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Ukraine
Ukraine: Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source was 93.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source 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
Ukraine recorded 93.5% for share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Ukraine peaked at 98.3% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 93.3%, in 2014.
Ukraine ranks 155th of 231 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 97.3% | 95.4% | 98.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 93.7% | 93.3% | 94.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 93.5% | 93.5% | 93.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ukraine
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 share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Ukraine?
- Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source in Ukraine was 93.5% 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 share of population using at least a basic drinking water source recorded in Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 98.3% in 2002.
- What is the lowest share of population using at least a basic drinking water source recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 93.3% in 2014.
- How does Ukraine rank for share of population using at least a basic drinking water source?
- Ukraine ranks 155th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of population using at least a basic drinking water source rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source. 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, which is either located on their premises, or at a collection point, which takes no more than 30 minutes for a roundtrip.