Water Access by Country

Water Access by country, shown on a world map with full country rankings. Data covers 204 countries for 2024, sourced from World Bank Open Data. See also Air Passengers and Electricity Access.

HighestAmerican Samoa100

LowestCongo, Dem. Rep.35.7

Average90.8204 countries

Year2024latest available

💡 Basic drinking water coverage has risen sharply, yet rural gaps persist.

Top 10 countries

American Samoa100

Andorra100

Belgium100

Bermuda100

Brunei Darussalam100

Curacao100

Faroe Islands100

French Polynesia100

Germany100

Gibraltar100

Water Access: full country ranking (2024)

#	Country	Water Access
1	American Samoa	100
2	Andorra	100
3	Belgium	100
4	Bermuda	100
5	Brunei Darussalam	100
6	Curacao	100
7	Faroe Islands	100
8	French Polynesia	100
9	Germany	100
10	Gibraltar	100
11	Greece	100
12	Greenland	100
13	Hong Kong SAR, China	100
14	Hungary	100
15	Iceland	100
16	Isle of Man	100
17	Korea, Rep.	100
18	Kuwait	100
19	Liechtenstein	100
20	Luxembourg	100
21	Macao SAR, China	100
22	Malta	100
23	Monaco	100
24	Netherlands	100
25	New Zealand	100
26	Northern Mariana Islands	100
27	Norway	100
28	Puerto Rico (US)	100
29	Singapore	100
30	Thailand	100
31	United Arab Emirates	100
32	Denmark	100
33	Romania	100
34	Israel	100
35	United Kingdom	100
36	Brazil	100
37	France	100
38	Austria	100
39	Estonia	100
40	Switzerland	100
41	Finland	100
42	San Marino	100
43	Qatar	100
44	United States	100
45	Australia	100
46	Armenia	99.9
47	Mauritius	99.9
48	Spain	99.9
49	St. Martin (French part)	99.9
50	Turkmenistan	99.9
51	Bahrain	99.9
52	Lithuania	99.9
53	Italy	99.9
54	Croatia	99.9
55	Belarus	99.9
56	British Virgin Islands	99.9
57	Costa Rica	99.8
58	Slovak Republic	99.8
59	Sweden	99.8
60	Maldives	99.8
61	Cyprus	99.7
62	Uruguay	99.6
63	Paraguay	99.6
64	Slovenia	99.6
65	Bhutan	99.5
66	Mexico	99.5
67	New Caledonia	99.5
68	Palau	99.5
69	Guam	99.5
70	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	99.5
71	Samoa	99.4
72	Portugal	99.3
73	Jordan	99.3
74	Montenegro	99.3
75	Trinidad and Tobago	99.3
76	Bulgaria	99.2
77	Japan	99.2
78	Barbados	99.2
79	Chile	99.1
80	Saudi Arabia	99
81	Antigua and Barbuda	98.9
82	Tonga	98.9
83	Turks and Caicos Islands	98.8
84	Bangladesh	98.8
85	Latvia	98.8
86	West Bank and Gaza	98.8
87	Viet Nam	98.8
88	Tuvalu	98.7
89	Czechia	98.7
90	Iraq	98.4
91	Canada	98.3
92	North Macedonia	98.2
93	St. Lucia	98.1
94	Suriname	98
95	Malaysia	97.9
96	Iran, Islamic Rep.	97.9
97	Nauru	97.8
98	Kazakhstan	97.8
99	Seychelles	97.7
100	Azerbaijan	97.7
101	Dominican Republic	97.5
102	Egypt, Arab Rep.	97.3
103	Uzbekistan	97.3
104	Georgia	97.3
105	Ireland	97.1
106	Colombia	97.1
107	Dominica	97
108	Russian Federation	96.9
109	Tunisia	96.7
110	Libya	96.4
111	China	96.1
112	Bosnia and Herzegovina	96.1
113	Turkiye	96
114	Lao PDR	95.9
115	Philippines	95.9
116	Honduras	95.7
117	India	95.7
118	Guyana	95.6
119	Peru	95.6
120	Fiji	95.6
121	Cayman Islands	95.5
122	Serbia	95.4
123	Panama	95.3
124	Cuba	95.1
125	Albania	95.1
126	Kyrgyz Republic	94.9
127	Belize	94.8
128	Syrian Arab Republic	94.1
129	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	93.9
130	Nepal	93.6
131	Ukraine	93.5
132	Bolivia	93.4
133	Venezuela, RB	93.3
134	Guatemala	93.2
135	Moldova	92.7
136	Oman	92.7
137	Lebanon	92.6
138	Algeria	92.4
139	Cabo Verde	92.3
140	Morocco	92.2
141	Ecuador	92.1
142	Botswana	91.8
143	El Salvador	91.6
144	Pakistan	90.7
145	Sri Lanka	90.2
146	South Africa	90.2
147	Poland	90.1
148	Ghana	89.9
149	Tajikistan	89.2
150	Indonesia	89
151	Gabon	88.6
152	Senegal	88
153	Jamaica	87.6
154	Marshall Islands	87.4
155	Timor-Leste	87.3
156	Vanuatu	87.1
157	Gambia, The	87.1
158	Namibia	86.5
159	Mali	86.4
160	Mongolia	86.1
161	Myanmar	85.7
162	Comoros	85.1
163	Cambodia	82.8
164	Nigeria	82.2
165	Afghanistan	80.8
166	Eswatini	80.4
167	Djibouti	79.7
168	Kiribati	79.1
169	Liberia	78.8
170	Lesotho	78.1
171	Sao Tome and Principe	78
172	Mauritania	77.3
173	Cote d'Ivoire	77.2
174	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	75.3
175	Yemen, Rep.	75
176	Guinea	74.2
177	Congo, Rep.	73.5
178	Zambia	73.4
179	Haiti	73.3
180	Malawi	73.1
181	Solomon Islands	71.6
182	Cameroon	71.4
183	Benin	69.6
184	Sierra Leone	68.1
185	Angola	68
186	Zimbabwe	67.2
187	Mozambique	66.6
188	Burundi	65.9
189	Kenya	65.6
190	Sudan	64.9
191	Togo	64.8
192	Tanzania	64.6
193	Uganda	63
194	Guinea-Bissau	61.8
195	Rwanda	61.4
196	Ethiopia	55.6
197	Madagascar	55.3
198	Niger	53.4
199	Papua New Guinea	53.3
200	Chad	52.2
201	Burkina Faso	50
202	South Sudan	39.7
203	Central African Republic	36.5
204	Congo, Dem. Rep.	35.7

Source: World Bank Open Data. Latest available year: 2024. Values shown are the most recent reported figure per country.

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