Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services by country
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.
Countries reporting
175
Highest
100.0%
Andorra
Lowest
13.8%
Democratic Republic of Congo
Median
93.2%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
4,351
What the numbers show
Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services is currently reported for 175 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Andorra; the lowest is 13.8% in Democratic Republic of Congo.
The median across all reporting countries is 93.2%, and the mean is 83.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 127 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 93.9%), and the largest decrease in Burkina Faso (down 18.2%).
Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andorra | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 1 | Armenia | 100.0% | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 1 | Australia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Austria | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belgium | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Brazil | 100.0% | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 1 | Switzerland | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Germany | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Denmark | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Spain | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Estonia | 100.0% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 1 | Finland | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | France | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Kingdom | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Greece | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 1 | Greenland | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hungary | 100.0% | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 1 | Iceland | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Israel | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Netherlands | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Norway | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | New Zealand | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Palestine | 100.0% | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 1 | Romania | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | San Marino | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovakia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Thailand | 100.0% | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 1 | Turkmenistan | 100.0% | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 1 | United States | 100.0% | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 1 | Tokelau | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 34 | Maldives | 99.9% | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 35 | Tuvalu | 99.9% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 36 | Belarus | 99.9% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 37 | Mauritius | 99.9% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 38 | Croatia | 99.9% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 39 | Cook Islands | 99.8% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 40 | Lithuania | 99.7% | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 41 | Ukraine | 99.7% | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 42 | Cyprus | 99.7% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 43 | Saudi Arabia | 99.6% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 44 | Costa Rica | 99.6% | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 45 | Sweden | 99.6% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 46 | Montenegro | 99.5% | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 47 | Samoa | 99.3% | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 48 | Bhutan | 99.3% | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 49 | Wallis and Futuna | 99.3% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 50 | Paraguay | 99.1% | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 51 | Palau | 99.1% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 52 | Trinidad and Tobago | 99.0% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 53 | Antigua and Barbuda | 99.0% | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 54 | Bangladesh | 98.8% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 55 | Tonga | 98.6% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 56 | Latvia | 98.5% | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 57 | Czechia | 98.5% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Vietnam | 98.5% | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 59 | Canada | 98.5% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 60 | Saint Lucia | 98.2% | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 61 | North Macedonia | 98.1% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 63 | Jordan | 97.8% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 64 | Portugal | 97.8% | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 65 | Kazakhstan | 97.6% | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 66 | Bulgaria | 97.5% | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 67 | Mexico | 97.5% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 68 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 97.3% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 69 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 97.0% | 2018 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 70 | Dominica | 96.6% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 71 | Suriname | 96.6% | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 72 | Uzbekistan | 96.4% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 73 | Egypt | 96.3% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 74 | Guyana | 95.7% | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 75 | Uruguay | 95.3% | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 76 | Serbia | 95.3% | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 77 | Malaysia | 95.2% | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 78 | India | 94.9% | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 79 | Iraq | 94.8% | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 94.8% | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 81 | Iran | 94.8% | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 82 | Azerbaijan | 94.7% | 2024 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 83 | Turkey | 94.5% | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 84 | Albania | 94.1% | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 85 | Nepal | 94.0% | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 86 | Marshall Islands | 93.9% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 87 | China | 93.8% | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 88 | Georgia | 93.7% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 89 | Chile | 93.6% | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 90 | Philippines | 93.6% | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 91 | Laos | 93.2% | 2024 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 92 | Argentina | 93.0% | 2016 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 93 | Tunisia | 92.9% | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 94 | Kyrgyzstan | 92.1% | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 95 | Syria | 92.1% | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 96 | Cuba | 91.9% | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 97 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 91.8% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 98 | Belize | 91.3% | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 99 | Fiji | 91.0% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 100 | Honduras | 90.3% | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 101 | Russia | 90.3% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 102 | Pakistan | 89.3% | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 103 | Guatemala | 89.2% | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 104 | North Korea | 88.8% | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 105 | Moldova | 88.7% | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 106 | Sri Lanka | 88.4% | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 107 | Panama | 87.8% | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 108 | Peru | 87.3% | 2024 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 109 | Tajikistan | 86.9% | 2024 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 110 | Cape Verde | 86.2% | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 111 | Algeria | 84.9% | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 112 | Jamaica | 84.1% | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 113 | Colombia | 83.7% | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 114 | Vanuatu | 83.5% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 115 | Comoros | 82.9% | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 116 | East Timor | 82.3% | 2024 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 117 | Poland | 81.7% | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 118 | Ecuador | 81.4% | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 119 | Myanmar | 80.7% | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 120 | Morocco | 80.6% | 2024 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 121 | Senegal | 80.6% | 2024 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 122 | El Salvador | 80.4% | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 123 | Indonesia | 80.4% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 124 | Mali | 80.0% | 2024 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 125 | Cambodia | 78.9% | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 126 | Bolivia | 78.7% | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 127 | Gambia | 78.4% | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 128 | Falkland Islands | 78.2% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Botswana | 77.9% | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 130 | Ghana | 76.3% | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 131 | Oman | 76.3% | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 132 | Afghanistan | 74.8% | 2024 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 133 | Eswatini | 74.4% | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 134 | Namibia | 74.3% | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 135 | Sao Tome and Principe | 73.4% | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 136 | South Africa | 73.0% | 2024 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 137 | Lesotho | 70.6% | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 138 | Liberia | 70.3% | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 139 | Malawi | 70.1% | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 140 | Somalia | 67.5% | 2024 | up 93.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Nigeria | 66.6% | 2024 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 142 | Yemen | 65.9% | 2024 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 143 | Solomon Islands | 64.5% | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 144 | Cote d'Ivoire | 63.9% | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 145 | Kiribati | 63.6% | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 146 | Mongolia | 63.5% | 2024 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 147 | Benin | 63.1% | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 148 | Djibouti | 62.5% | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 149 | Guinea | 62.2% | 2024 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 150 | Burundi | 61.4% | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 151 | Sudan | 59.6% | 2024 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 152 | Mauritania | 58.8% | 2024 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 153 | Zambia | 58.5% | 2024 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 154 | Togo | 57.5% | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 155 | Sierra Leone | 57.0% | 2024 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 156 | Uganda | 56.6% | 2024 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 157 | Cameroon | 56.2% | 2024 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 158 | Kenya | 55.6% | 2024 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 159 | Rwanda | 55.6% | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 160 | Haiti | 54.7% | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 161 | Zimbabwe | 54.4% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 162 | Guinea-Bissau | 52.6% | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 163 | Mozambique | 51.9% | 2024 | up 68.8% | rising |
| 164 | Tanzania | 51.3% | 2024 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 165 | Gabon | 49.1% | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 166 | Papua New Guinea | 48.3% | 2024 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 167 | Ethiopia | 47.0% | 2024 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 168 | Niger | 46.4% | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 169 | Congo | 44.2% | 2021 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 170 | Chad | 43.8% | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 171 | Madagascar | 39.3% | 2024 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 172 | Angola | 36.9% | 2024 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 173 | Burkina Faso | 34.4% | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 174 | South Sudan | 32.5% | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 175 | Equatorial Guinea | 30.8% | 2017 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 176 | Eritrea | 27.8% | 2016 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 177 | Central African Republic | 27.4% | 2024 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 178 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 13.8% | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
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.