Country rankings
Safe Drinking Water by Country
India has the highest People who Lack Access to Safe Drinking Water in 2025 (78.4M), followed by China (62.8M) and Nigeria (60.1M). Cook Islands has the lowest (17).
Year 2025149 of 235 countries
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People who Lack Access to Safe Drinking Water, 2025
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Ranking
Best first: the first 15 and last 5 of 149 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
799.4K
Middle half 43.1K – 3.3M
Average
4.5M
149 countries
Highest
78.4M
India
Lowest
17
Cook Islands
Data
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149 countries · # = rank by People who Lack Access to Safe Drinking Water
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  India | 78.4M | 5.9% |
| 2 |  China | 62.8M | 4.5% |
| 3 |  Nigeria | 60.1M | 31.5% |
| 4 |  Ethiopia | 44.4M | 42.7% |
| 5 |  DR Congo | 38.6M | 47.6% |
| 6 |  Indonesia | 33M | 12.6% |
| 7 |  Tanzania | 23.1M | 44.4% |
| 8 |  Bangladesh | 20.9M | 13.1% |
| 9 |  Pakistan | 18.7M | 8.6% |
| 10 |  Sudan | 17.8M | 44.5% |
| 11 |  Kenya | 17.3M | 36.8% |
| 12 |  Afghanistan | 15.1M | 44.7% |
| 13 |  Angola | 14.4M | 51.0% |
| 14 |  Mozambique | 13M | 48.9% |
| 15 |  Madagascar | 12.3M | 48.5% |
| 16 |  Myanmar | 9.9M | 19.4% |
| 17 |  Philippines | 8.6M | 8.2% |
| 18 |  Niger | 8.3M | 41.8% |
| 19 |  Uganda | 7.9M | 21.0% |
| 20 |  Chad | 7.2M | 49.2% |
| 21 |  Algeria | 6.6M | 16.4% |
| 22 |  Zambia | 5.7M | 34.6% |
| 23 |  Cameroon | 5.6M | 24.4% |
| 24 |  Papua New Guinea | 5.2M | 60.0% |
| 25 |  Morocco | 5.1M | 14.6% |
| 26 |  Iraq | 5M | 13.4% |
| 27 |  Mexico | 4.7M | 3.9% |
| 28 |  South Sudan | 4.6M | 41.3% |
| 29 |  Ivory Coast | 4.6M | 18.1% |
| 30 |  Russia | 4.5M | 3.1% |
| 31 |  Haiti | 4.5M | 42.3% |
| 32 |  Mali | 4.3M | 23.0% |
| 33 |  Peru | 4.1M | 13.3% |
| 34 |  Colombia | 4M | 8.6% |
| 35 |  South Africa | 3.9M | 6.8% |
| 36 |  Brazil | 3.8M | 1.9% |
| 37 |  Cambodia | 3.8M | 24.5% |
| 38 |  Zimbabwe | 3.3M | 23.1% |
| 39 |  Burkina Faso | 3.3M | 17.7% |
| 40 |  Ghana | 3.2M | 11.3% |
| 41 |  Iran | 3.1M | 3.8% |
| 42 |  Senegal | 3.1M | 21.5% |
| 43 |  Togo | 2.8M | 36.9% |
| 44 |  Rwanda | 2.8M | 23.9% |
| 45 |  Guinea | 2.7M | 23.2% |
| 46 |  Burundi | 2.7M | 24.1% |
| 47 |  Sierra Leone | 2.6M | 37.4% |
| 48 |  United States | 2.6M | 0.8% |
| 49 |  Benin | 2.5M | 22.1% |
| 50 |  Nepal | 2.3M | 8.4% |
| 51 |  Tajikistan | 2.3M | 26.2% |
| 52 |  Vietnam | 2.2M | 2.4% |
| 53 |  Ecuador | 2.1M | 13.1% |
| 54 |  Venezuela | 2.1M | 6.9% |
| 55 |  Syria | 1.9M | 9.9% |
| 56 |  Palestine | 1.9M | 41.6% |
| 57 |  Ukraine | 1.7M | 3.8% |
| 58 |  Malawi | 1.7M | 9.8% |
| 59 |  Mauritania | 1.7M | 42.1% |
| 60 |  Laos | 1.7M | 24.3% |
| 61 |  Dominican Republic | 1.6M | 15.3% |
| 62 |  Thailand | 1.6M | 2.2% |
| 63 |  Central African Republic | 1.5M | 31.5% |
| 64 |  Eritrea | 1.3M | 42.2% |
| 65 |  Kazakhstan | 1.3M | 7.1% |
| 66 |  Azerbaijan | 1.3M | 13.0% |
| 67 |  Republic of the Congo | 1.2M | 23.5% |
| 68 |  Guatemala | 1.1M | 7.2% |
| 69 |  Liberia | 1.1M | 24.4% |
| 70 |  Bolivia | 1.1M | 10.0% |
| 71 |  Mongolia | 1.1M | 35.6% |
| 72 |  Sri Lanka | 956.1K | 4.4% |
| 73 |  Saudi Arabia | 899.2K | 3% |
| 74 |  Honduras | 812.9K | 8.8% |
| 75 |  Nicaragua | 799.4K | 13.0% |
| 76 |  Equatorial Guinea | 757.5K | 52.1% |
| 77 |  Poland | 650.5K | 1.7% |
| 78 |  Kyrgyzstan | 600.2K | 10.0% |
| 79 |  Egypt | 597.6K | 0.6% |
| 80 |  Cuba | 575K | 5.1% |
| 81 |  Malaysia | 562.2K | 1.8% |
| 82 |  Argentina | 391.3K | 0.9% |
| 83 |  El Salvador | 383.4K | 6.2% |
| 84 |  Lesotho | 383.3K | 18.2% |
| 85 |  Moldova | 381.3K | 11.6% |
| 86 |  Guinea-Bissau | 370K | 20.7% |
| 87 |  Timor-Leste | 338.6K | 28.1% |
| 88 |  Eswatini | 296K | 25.9% |
| 89 |  Jordan | 295.9K | 3.1% |
| 90 |  Oman | 276.2K | 6.6% |
| 91 |  Tunisia | 262.3K | 2.3% |
| 92 |  Gambia | 218K | 9.8% |
| 93 |  Namibia | 213.7K | 9% |
| 94 |  Panama | 209.9K | 5.3% |
| 95 |  Chile | 180.5K | 1% |
| 96 |  Jamaica | 173.8K | 6.2% |
| 97 |  Albania | 142K | 4.9% |
| 98 |  Gabon | 138.8K | 6.8% |
| 99 |  Paraguay | 123.2K | 2% |
| 100 |  Solomon Islands | 122.8K | 19.2% |
| 101 |  Costa Rica | 106K | 2.2% |
| 102 |  Djibouti | 102K | 10.0% |
| 103 |  Lithuania | 98.8K | 3.4% |
| 104 |  Ireland | 98.8K | 2.1% |
| 105 |  Botswana | 83.7K | 3.8% |
| 106 |  North Korea | 76.7K | 0.3% |
| 107 |  Comoros | 71.9K | 9.9% |
| 108 |  Canada | 71.9K | 0.2% |
| 109 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 70K | 4.9% |
| 110 |  Lebanon | 64.7K | 1% |
| 111 |  Serbia | 57.4K | 0.8% |
| 112 |  Bulgaria | 43.1K | 0.6% |
| 113 |  Cape Verde | 42.5K | 8.3% |
| 114 |  Fiji | 39.5K | 4.3% |
| 115 |  Kiribati | 38.7K | 33.1% |
| 116 |  Kuwait | 38.3K | 1% |
| 117 |  United Arab Emirates | 34.7K | 0.4% |
| 118 |  Suriname | 30.2K | 5.2% |
| 119 |  Belarus | 28.5K | 0.3% |
| 120 |  Croatia | 16.7K | 0.4% |
| 121 |  Vanuatu | 14.6K | 5.5% |
| 122 |  Latvia | 13.8K | 0.7% |
| 123 |  Guyana | 12.9K | 1.7% |
| 124 |  Micronesia | 12K | 11.0% |
| 125 |  North Macedonia | 11.9K | 0.6% |
| 126 |  Slovenia | 10.3K | 0.5% |
| 127 |  Uruguay | 10.1K | 0.3% |
| 128 |  Saint Lucia | 6,471 | 3.7% |
| 129 |  Bahamas | 6,166 | 1.6% |
| 130 |  Maldives | 5,994 | 1.4% |
| 131 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 5,808 | 2.9% |
| 132 |  Estonia | 5,258 | 0.4% |
| 133 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5,241 | 4.9% |
| 134 |  Seychelles | 4,611 | 4.3% |
| 135 |  Grenada | 3,899 | 3.4% |
| 136 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,519 | 0.1% |
| 137 |  Marshall Islands | 2,635 | 5.4% |
| 138 |  Samoa | 2,018 | 1% |
| 139 |  Montenegro | 1,884 | 0.3% |
| 140 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 1,878 | 2.1% |
| 141 |  Belize | 1,782 | 0.5% |
| 142 |  Mauritius | 1,292 | 0.1% |
| 143 |  Barbados | 837 | 0.3% |
| 144 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 800 | 1.7% |
| 145 |  Tonga | 424 | 0.4% |
| 146 |  Nauru | 383 | 3.5% |
| 147 |  Tuvalu | 252 | 2.3% |
| 148 |  Niue | 27 | 1.5% |
| 149 |  Cook Islands | 17 | 0.1% |
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Quick answers
- Which country has the highest People who Lack Access to Safe Drinking Water?
- India has the highest People who Lack Access to Safe Drinking Water in 2025, at 78.4M, followed by China (62.8M) and Nigeria (60.1M).
- Which country has the lowest People who Lack Access to Safe Drinking Water?
- Cook Islands has the lowest People who Lack Access to Safe Drinking Water in 2025, at 17.
- What is the median People who Lack Access to Safe Drinking Water across countries?
- The median is 799.4K across the 149 countries with data in 2025.
- Where does the Safe Drinking Water by Country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: People with no access to a safe drinking water source - Worldometar.
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