Share using safely managed drinking water in Hungary
Hungary: Share using safely managed drinking water was 100.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share using safely managed drinking water 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, share using safely managed drinking water in Hungary stood at 100.0%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share using safely managed drinking water in Hungary peaked at 100.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 82.8%, in 2000.
Hungary ranks 1st of 163 countries on this measure, 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 | 84.2% | 82.8% | 85.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 90.1% | 85.8% | 95.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.1% | 97.2% | 100.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Hungary
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 share using safely managed drinking water in Hungary?
- Share using safely managed drinking water 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 share using safely managed drinking water recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share using safely managed drinking water recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 82.8% in 2000.
- How does Hungary rank for share using safely managed drinking water?
- Hungary ranks 1st out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share using safely managed drinking water rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. 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 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.