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Access to Clean Water by Country
Hungary has the highest % w/ Safe Water in 2022 (100.0%), followed by Hong Kong (100.0%) and Singapore (100.0%). Central African Republic has the lowest (6.13%).
Health132 countries · 4 metricsUpdated Mar 26, 2024Original page
7 sources
- Clean Water Access by Country - Macrotrends
- People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) - The World Bank
- Share of the population with access to safely managed drinking water - Our World in Data
- People using safely managed drinking water services (% of population) - World Bank
- Water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH) data - UNICEF
- AQUASTAT - FAO's Global Information System on Water and Agriculture - FAO
- Number of people using safely managed drinking water sources - Our World in Data
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% w/ Safe Water, 2022
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Ranking
Best first: the first 15 and last 5 of 132 countries.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
82.2%
Middle half 47.9% – 98.8%
Average
72.0%
132 countries
Highest
100.0%
Hungary
Lowest
6.13%
Central African Republic
Biggest changes · 2012 → 2022
132 countries have a value in both years.
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Data
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132 countries · # = rank by % w/ Safe Water
| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Hungary | 100.0% | 10M | 12.9% | 15.0% |
| 1 |  Hong Kong | 100.0% | 7.5M | 0.39% | — |
| 1 |  Singapore | 100.0% | 6M | — | — |
| 1 |  New Zealand | 100.0% | 5.2M | 8.74% | 10.0% |
| 1 |  Kuwait | 100.0% | 4.3M | — | — |
| 1 |  Macau | 100.0% | 695.2K | 0.01% | — |
| 1 |  Iceland | 100.0% | 372.9K | 3.42% | 4% |
| 1 |  Gibraltar | 100.0% | 32.6K | — | — |
| 1 |  Liechtenstein | 100.0% | 39.3K | — | — |
| 1 |  Monaco | 100.0% | 36.5K | — | — |
| 1 |  San Marino | 100.0% | 33.7K | — | — |
| 12 |  Netherlands | 100.0% | 17.6M | -0.01% | — |
| 13 |  Germany | 99.9% | 83.3M | 0.03% | — |
| 13 |  Denmark | 99.9% | 5.9M | 2.33% | 2% |
| 15 |  Puerto Rico | 99.9% | 3.2M | 12.6% | 14.0% |
| 16 |  United Kingdom | 99.8% | 67.4M | -0.13% | — |
| 17 |  Cyprus | 99.8% | 1.2M | 1.59% | 2% |
| 17 |  Malta | 99.8% | 532.1K | -0.18% | — |
| 19 |  Belgium | 99.7% | 11.6M | 0.08% | — |
| 19 |  Sweden | 99.7% | 10.5M | 0.17% | — |
| 21 |  France | 99.7% | 64.4M | 1.24% | 1% |
| 22 |  Finland | 99.6% | 5.5M | 1.06% | 1% |
| 23 |  Spain | 99.6% | 47.4M | -0.03% | — |
| 24 |  Luxembourg | 99.5% | 644.6K | -0.25% | — |
| 25 |  Israel | 99.5% | 9M | -0.14% | — |
| 26 |  South Korea | 99.3% | 51.4M | 1.18% | 1% |
| 27 |  Slovakia | 99.2% | 5.6M | 0.35% | — |
| 28 |  Guam | 99.1% | 170.2K | — | — |
| 29 |  Canada | 99.0% | 38.1M | 0.39% | — |
| 30 |  Austria | 98.9% | 8.8M | 0.13% | — |
| 30 |  Bahrain | 98.9% | 1.5M | -0.02% | — |
| 32 |  Greece | 98.9% | 10.3M | -0.42% | — |
| 33 |  Norway | 98.8% | 5.4M | -0.55% | -1% |
| 34 |  Chile | 98.8% | 19.4M | 1.54% | 2% |
| 34 |  Martinique | 98.8% | 363K | -0.36% | — |
| 36 |  Japan | 98.7% | 122.3M | 0.43% | — |
| 37 |  Slovenia | 98.3% | 2.1M | 5.12% | 5% |
| 38 |  Czechia | 97.9% | 10.3M | 0.24% | — |
| 39 |  United States | 97.5% | 329.7M | 1.58% | 2% |
| 40 |  Latvia | 97.1% | 1.8M | 2.83% | 3% |
| 41 |  Estonia | 97.0% | 1.3M | 1.13% | 1% |
| 42 |  New Caledonia | 96.9% | 280.9K | 3.11% | 3% |
| 43 |  Switzerland | 96.7% | 8.5M | — | — |
| 44 |  Qatar | 96.7% | 2.6M | -1.07% | -1% |
| 45 |  Ireland | 96.0% | 4.8M | 0.97% | 1% |
| 46 |  Reunion | 95.8% | 932.7K | -1.33% | -1% |
| 47 |  Guadeloupe | 95.7% | 378.8K | -2.85% | -3% |
| 48 |  Bulgaria | 95.7% | 6.5M | -0.27% | — |
| 49 |  Portugal | 95.2% | 9.8M | 0.8% | 1% |
| 50 |  Lithuania | 95.0% | 2.6M | 8.6% | 10.0% |
| 51 |  Iran | 94.2% | 83.4M | 1.49% | 2% |
| 52 |  Malaysia | 93.9% | 31.9M | 0.52% | 1% |
| 53 |  Niue | 93.5% | 1,809 | -3.12% | -3% |
| 54 |  Belarus | 93.1% | 8.9M | 1.54% | 2% |
| 55 |  Italy | 92.7% | 54.7M | -2.26% | -2% |
| 56 |  French Guiana | 91.5% | 278.6K | 1.35% | 1% |
| 57 |  Oman | 90.9% | 4.2M | 3.75% | 4% |
| 58 |  Andorra | 90.6% | 72.4K | — | — |
| 59 |  Palau | 90.4% | 16.3K | 12.2% | 16.0% |
| 60 |  Poland | 88.9% | 35.4M | -3.75% | -4% |
| 61 |  Ukraine | 87.6% | 34.8M | -1.94% | -2% |
| 62 |  Brazil | 87.3% | 187.9M | 7.69% | 10.0% |
| 63 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 87.0% | 2.8M | -1.73% | -2% |
| 64 |  Jordan | 85.7% | 9.7M | 17.4% | 25.0% |
| 65 |  Montenegro | 85.1% | 533.8K | 0.68% | 1% |
| 66 |  Armenia | 82.4% | 2.3M | -0.78% | -1% |
| 67 |  Romania | 82.1% | 16.1M | 0.14% | — |
| 68 |  French Polynesia | 81.8% | 250.6K | -8.52% | -9% |
| 69 |  Costa Rica | 80.5% | 4.2M | 0.88% | 1% |
| 70 |  North Macedonia | 80.5% | 1.7M | 0.11% | — |
| 71 |  Palestine | 80.3% | 4.2M | 3.24% | 4% |
| 72 |  Uzbekistan | 79.9% | 27.6M | 10.7% | 16.0% |
| 73 |  Kyrgyzstan | 76.5% | 5.1M | 14.9% | 24.0% |
| 74 |  Russia | 76.2% | 110.3M | 0.83% | 1% |
| 75 |  Moldova | 75.2% | 2.5M | 7.88% | 12.0% |
| 76 |  Serbia | 75.1% | 5.4M | 0.28% | — |
| 77 |  Morocco | 74.8% | 28M | 15.3% | 26.0% |
| 78 |  Tunisia | 74.3% | 9.2M | -0.84% | -1% |
| 79 |  Colombia | 73.9% | 38.3M | 2.02% | 3% |
| 80 |  Bhutan | 73.3% | 573.9K | 39.2% | 115.0% |
| 81 |  Azerbaijan | 71.6% | 7.4M | 5.47% | 8% |
| 82 |  Albania | 70.7% | 2M | 4.36% | 7% |
| 83 |  Algeria | 70.6% | 31.7M | -5.27% | -7% |
| 84 |  Georgia | 69.1% | 2.6M | 2.5% | 4% |
| 85 |  Ecuador | 67.1% | 12.1M | 3.09% | 5% |
| 86 |  North Korea | 66.5% | 17.3M | -0.96% | -1% |
| 87 |  Honduras | 65.2% | 6.8M | 7.89% | 14.0% |
| 88 |  Paraguay | 64.2% | 4.4M | 4.62% | 8% |
| 89 |  Samoa | 62.2% | 138.3K | 0.92% | 2% |
| 90 |  Iraq | 59.7% | 26.6M | 3.77% | 7% |
| 91 |  Bangladesh | 59.1% | 101.2M | 3.81% | 7% |
| 92 |  Vietnam | 57.8% | 56.7M | 5.41% | 10.0% |
| 93 |  Myanmar | 57.4% | 31.1M | 11.4% | 25.0% |
| 94 |  Guatemala | 56.3% | 10M | 3.61% | 7% |
| 95 |  Suriname | 55.8% | 344.8K | 1.73% | 3% |
| 96 |  Tajikistan | 55.3% | 5.5M | 5.92% | 12.0% |
| 97 |  Peru | 52.0% | 17.7M | 2.88% | 6% |
| 98 |  Pakistan | 50.6% | 119.3M | 10.1% | 25.0% |
| 99 |  Philippines | 47.9% | 55.4M | 2.23% | 5% |
| 100 |  Lebanon | 47.7% | 2.6M | 1.5% | 3% |
| 101 |  Gambia | 47.7% | 1.3M | 9.75% | 26.0% |
| 102 |  Sri Lanka | 47.1% | 10.3M | 0.47% | 1% |
| 103 |  Dominican Republic | 44.9% | 5M | 1.03% | 2% |
| 104 |  Ghana | 44.5% | 14.9M | 16.3% | 58.0% |
| 105 |  Ivory Coast | 43.9% | 12.4M | 15.2% | 53.0% |
| 106 |  Mexico | 43.0% | 54.9M | 1.36% | 3% |
| 107 |  Fiji | 41.9% | 389.2K | 1.29% | 3% |
| 108 |  Mongolia | 39.3% | 1.3M | 8.84% | 29.0% |
| 109 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 36.3% | 82.5K | 4.36% | 14.0% |
| 110 |  Indonesia | 30.3% | 83.4M | 2.86% | 10.0% |
| 111 |  Afghanistan | 30.0% | 12.4M | 8.91% | 42.0% |
| 112 |  Tonga | 29.5% | 31.6K | 0.06% | — |
| 113 |  Cambodia | 29.1% | 4.9M | 5.98% | 26.0% |
| 114 |  Nigeria | 29.0% | 63.3M | 5.78% | 25.0% |
| 115 |  Lesotho | 28.2% | 650.6K | 7.84% | 38.0% |
| 116 |  Senegal | 26.7% | 4.6M | 3.11% | 13.0% |
| 117 |  Zimbabwe | 26.5% | 4.3M | -1.3% | -5% |
| 118 |  Guinea-Bissau | 23.9% | 502.6K | 2.56% | 12.0% |
| 119 |  Madagascar | 22.2% | 6.6M | 6.95% | 45.0% |
| 120 |  Togo | 19.4% | 1.7M | 4.26% | 28.0% |
| 121 |  Uganda | 18.7% | 8.8M | 8.8% | 89.0% |
| 122 |  Laos | 17.9% | 1.3M | 3.28% | 22.0% |
| 123 |  Malawi | 17.8% | 3.6M | 5.73% | 48.0% |
| 124 |  Nepal | 16.1% | 4.9M | -13.7% | -46.0% |
| 125 |  Kiribati | 14.4% | 18.9K | 2.21% | 18.0% |
| 126 |  Ethiopia | 13.2% | 16.3M | 4.7% | 55.0% |
| 127 |  DR Congo | 11.6% | 11.5M | -0.3% | -3% |
| 128 |  Tanzania | 11.3% | 7.4M | 3.02% | 36.0% |
| 129 |  Sierra Leone | 10.3% | 883.2K | 2.6% | 34.0% |
| 130 |  Tuvalu | 8.71% | 985 | 0.47% | 6% |
| 131 |  Chad | 6.25% | 1.1M | 0.39% | 7% |
| 132 |  Central African Republic | 6.13% | 341.8K | -0.89% | -13.0% |
What correlates with % w/ Safe Water (2022)?
Pearson r against 1,434 other country metrics sharing at least 80 countries, 1 near-identical series hidden. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.
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Quick answers
- Which country has the highest % w/ Safe Water?
- Hungary has the highest % w/ Safe Water in 2022, at 100.0%, followed by Hong Kong (100.0%) and Singapore (100.0%).
- Which country has the lowest % w/ Safe Water?
- Central African Republic has the lowest % w/ Safe Water in 2022, at 6.13%.
- What is the median % w/ Safe Water across countries?
- The median is 82.2% across the 132 countries with data in 2022.
- Where does this access to clean water by country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Clean Water Access by Country - Macrotrends; People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) - The World Bank; Share of the population with access to safely managed drinking water - Our World in Data; People using safely managed drinking water services (% of population) - World Bank.