Share using safely managed drinking water in Norway
Norway: Share using safely managed drinking water was 99.1% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Share using safely managed drinking water in Norway, 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 Norway stood at 99.1%. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share using safely managed drinking water in Norway peaked at 99.7% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 99.1%, in 2024.
Norway ranks 31st of 163 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 99.6% | 99.5% | 99.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 99.3% | 99.2% | 99.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.1% | 99.1% | 99.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Norway
- 28 Israel 99.5% compare
- 29 Spain 99.5% compare
- 30 South Korea 99.3% compare
- 33 Estonia 98.9% compare
- 34 Puerto Rico 98.9% compare
More environment data for Norway
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 53.76 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 9.65 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 2.71 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.1993 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 4.27 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0356 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 8.82 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0239 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0367 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.45 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share using safely managed drinking water in Norway?
- Share using safely managed drinking water in Norway was 99.1% 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 Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 99.7% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share using safely managed drinking water recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.1% in 2024.
- How does Norway rank for share using safely managed drinking water?
- Norway ranks 31st out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share using safely managed drinking water rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Norway 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.