Share using safely managed drinking water in Finland
Finland: Share using safely managed drinking water was 99.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share using safely managed drinking water in Finland, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Finland recorded 99.6% for share using safely managed drinking water in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share using safely managed drinking water in Finland peaked at 99.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 94.4%, in 2000.
Finland ranks 24th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 95.9% | 94.4% | 97.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 99.0% | 97.7% | 99.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.6% | 99.6% | 99.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More environment data for Finland
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 48.68 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 8.66 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 2.36 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.4939 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.1291 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.1431 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 10.76 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.1555 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0276 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 7.42 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share using safely managed drinking water in Finland?
- Share using safely managed drinking water in Finland was 99.6% 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 using safely managed drinking water recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 99.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share using safely managed drinking water recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 94.4% in 2000.
- How does Finland rank for share using safely managed drinking water?
- Finland ranks 24th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share using safely managed drinking water rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland 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 using safely managed drinking water. 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.