Share using safely managed drinking water in India
India: Share using safely managed drinking water was 76.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share using safely managed drinking water in India, 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 India stood at 76.4%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and up 28.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share using safely managed drinking water in India peaked at 76.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 37.6%, in 2000.
India ranks 91st of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 44.5% | 37.6% | 51.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 60.4% | 53.1% | 67.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 73.0% | 69.6% | 76.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
More environment data for India
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 4,371 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.01 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 572.27 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 37.74 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 108.11 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 4.39 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 861.61 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 1.01 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 2.4 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 135.23 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share using safely managed drinking water in India?
- Share using safely managed drinking water in India was 76.4% 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 76.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share using safely managed drinking water recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.6% in 2000.
- How does India rank for share using safely managed drinking water?
- India ranks 91st out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share using safely managed drinking water rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.