Using at least basic drinking water sources in urban vs. rural areas 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
185
Highest
100.0%
Andorra
Lowest
48.1%
Central African Republic
Median
98.3%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
4,631
What the numbers show
Using at least basic drinking water sources in urban vs. rural areas is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Andorra; the lowest is 48.1% in Central African Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 98.3%, and the mean is 94.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 121 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Afghanistan (up 19.5%), and the largest decrease in Central African Republic (down 19.1%).
Using at least basic drinking water sources in urban vs. rural areas: 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 0.1% | flat |
| 1 | Austria | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belgium | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bermuda | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Brazil | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 1 | Switzerland | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Germany | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Denmark | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Estonia | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 1 | Finland | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | France | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Kingdom | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Gibraltar | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Greece | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 1 | Hungary | 100.0% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 1 | Iceland | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Israel | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Laos | 100.0% | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 1 | Lithuania | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 1 | Macao | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Monaco | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mexico | 100.0% | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 1 | Mauritius | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 1 | Netherlands | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Norway | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | New Zealand | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Romania | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Singapore | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | San Marino | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Thailand | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 1 | Samoa | 100.0% | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 1 | Falkland Islands | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Barthelemy | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 39 | Portugal | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 40 | United States | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 41 | Australia | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 42 | Croatia | 99.9% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 43 | Saint Martin (French part) | 99.9% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 44 | Colombia | 99.9% | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 45 | Spain | 99.9% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 46 | Belarus | 99.9% | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 47 | Armenia | 99.9% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 48 | Paraguay | 99.9% | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 49 | Turkmenistan | 99.9% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 50 | Costa Rica | 99.8% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 51 | Bhutan | 99.8% | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 52 | Azerbaijan | 99.8% | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 53 | Uruguay | 99.8% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 54 | Chile | 99.8% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 55 | Argentina | 99.8% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 56 | Tonga | 99.8% | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 57 | Iraq | 99.8% | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 58 | Sweden | 99.8% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 59 | Cyprus | 99.7% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 60 | Bulgaria | 99.7% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 61 | Palau | 99.6% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 62 | Slovakia | 99.6% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 63 | Georgia | 99.6% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 64 | Maldives | 99.5% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 65 | Cook Islands | 99.5% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 66 | Kyrgyzstan | 99.5% | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 67 | Trinidad and Tobago | 99.5% | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 68 | Jordan | 99.4% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 69 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 99.3% | 2017 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 70 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 99.2% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 71 | Honduras | 99.2% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 72 | Bolivia | 99.2% | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 73 | Montenegro | 99.2% | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 74 | Vietnam | 99.2% | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 75 | Ghana | 99.1% | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 76 | Russia | 99.0% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 77 | Saudi Arabia | 98.9% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 78 | Belize | 98.9% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 79 | Latvia | 98.9% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 80 | Czechia | 98.8% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 81 | Bangladesh | 98.8% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 82 | Antigua and Barbuda | 98.7% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 83 | Iran | 98.7% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 84 | Suriname | 98.7% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 85 | Fiji | 98.7% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 86 | Malaysia | 98.7% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 87 | Egypt | 98.6% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 88 | Panama | 98.5% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 89 | Palestine | 98.4% | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 90 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 98.4% | 2018 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 91 | Tunisia | 98.3% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 92 | Morocco | 98.3% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 93 | Philippines | 98.3% | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 94 | North Macedonia | 98.3% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 95 | Canada | 98.3% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 96 | Tuvalu | 98.2% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 97 | Eswatini | 98.1% | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 98 | Uzbekistan | 98.1% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 99 | Kazakhstan | 98.0% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 100 | Dominican Republic | 97.9% | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 101 | Moldova | 97.9% | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 102 | Nauru | 97.8% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 103 | Peru | 97.8% | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 104 | South Africa | 97.8% | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 105 | Ecuador | 97.8% | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 106 | East Timor | 97.7% | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 107 | Sri Lanka | 97.6% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 108 | Saint Lucia | 97.5% | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 109 | Anguilla | 97.5% | 2017 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 110 | China | 97.3% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 111 | Vanuatu | 97.2% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 112 | Dominica | 97.1% | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 113 | India | 97.1% | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 114 | North Korea | 96.9% | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 115 | Afghanistan | 96.9% | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 116 | Botswana | 96.8% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 117 | Guatemala | 96.7% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 119 | Turkey | 96.4% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 120 | Namibia | 96.2% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 121 | Mongolia | 96.1% | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 122 | Cuba | 96.1% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 123 | Myanmar | 96.0% | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 124 | Albania | 95.7% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 125 | Poland | 95.6% | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 126 | Syria | 95.6% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 127 | Serbia | 95.5% | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 128 | Guyana | 95.5% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 129 | Cayman Islands | 95.5% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 130 | Senegal | 95.4% | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 131 | El Salvador | 95.2% | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 132 | Cape Verde | 95.1% | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 133 | Nigeria | 95.1% | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 134 | Indonesia | 95.0% | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 135 | Tajikistan | 94.9% | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 136 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 94.9% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 137 | Algeria | 94.8% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 138 | Lesotho | 94.7% | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 139 | Oman | 94.7% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 140 | Cambodia | 94.1% | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 141 | Zimbabwe | 93.7% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 142 | Mali | 93.5% | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 143 | Guinea | 93.3% | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 144 | Pakistan | 92.9% | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 145 | Gabon | 92.4% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 146 | Nepal | 92.3% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 147 | Gambia | 91.8% | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 148 | Solomon Islands | 91.3% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 149 | Burundi | 91.2% | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 150 | Ukraine | 90.8% | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 151 | Mauritania | 90.4% | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 152 | Zambia | 90.3% | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 153 | Jamaica | 90.1% | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 154 | Kiribati | 90.0% | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 155 | Comoros | 89.9% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 156 | Eritrea | 89.7% | 2016 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 157 | Mozambique | 89.4% | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 158 | Kenya | 88.9% | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 159 | Cote d'Ivoire | 88.7% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 160 | Yemen | 88.5% | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 161 | Rwanda | 87.8% | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 162 | Niger | 87.3% | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 163 | Congo | 87.1% | 2021 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 164 | Tanzania | 86.2% | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 165 | Liberia | 86.0% | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 166 | Malawi | 86.0% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 167 | Marshall Islands | 85.8% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 168 | Haiti | 85.5% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 169 | Papua New Guinea | 84.4% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 170 | Djibouti | 84.3% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 171 | Somalia | 83.6% | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 172 | Ethiopia | 83.5% | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 173 | Angola | 81.7% | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 174 | Sierra Leone | 81.7% | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 175 | Cameroon | 81.6% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 176 | Burkina Faso | 81.5% | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 177 | Uganda | 80.0% | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 178 | Sao Tome and Principe | 79.3% | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 179 | Madagascar | 78.2% | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 180 | Equatorial Guinea | 78.1% | 2017 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 181 | Chad | 77.9% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 182 | Benin | 75.9% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 183 | Sudan | 73.9% | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 184 | Togo | 73.6% | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 185 | Guinea-Bissau | 72.7% | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 186 | South Sudan | 66.1% | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 187 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 59.3% | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 188 | Central African Republic | 48.1% | 2024 | down 19.1% | 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.