List of countries by access to clean water

Global access to clean water is a significant global challenge that affects the health, well-being, and development of people worldwide. While progress has been made in recent years, millions of people still lack access to safe and clean drinking water sources.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, as of 2020, approximately two billion people globally do not have access to safely managed drinking water.^[1] This lack of access leads to various consequences, including increased vulnerability to waterborne diseases, reduced educational opportunities, gender inequalities, and economic burdens.

Ranking by access to improved water source

An improved water source, as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), refers to a drinking water source that provides adequate and safe water for human consumption. Examples of improved water sources include piped water connections, protected wells, boreholes with hand pumps, packaged or delivered water and rainwater collection systems with appropriate treatment.^[2]

	Country / dependency	% unimp. water	Year
1	Papua New Guinea	52.53%	2020
2	Madagascar	43.90%	2020
3	Democratic Republic of the Congo	40.61%	2020
4	Chad	39.07%	2020
5	Central African Republic	37.12%	2020
6	Angola	33.54%	2020
7	Equatorial Guinea	32.38%	2017
8	Niger	31.43%	2020
9	Eritrea	30.55%	2016
10	Kenya	28.83%	2020
11	Zambia	28.43%	2020
12	Tanzania	27.99%	2020
13	Sierra Leone	27.21%	2020
14	Guinea-Bissau	26.95%	2020
15	Solomon Islands	26.90%	2020
16	Mozambique	26.65%	2020
17	Togo	25.35%	2020
18	Benin	25.27%	2020
19	Ethiopia	23.64%	2020
20	Haiti	23.49%	2020
21	Afghanistan	23.46%	2020
22	Zimbabwe	23.14%	2020
23	South Sudan	21.62%	2020
24	Burkina Faso	21.51%	2020
25	Cameroon	21.40%	2020
26	Côte d'Ivoire	20.16%	2020
27	Swaziland	19.74%	2020
28	Burundi	18.35%	2020
29	Kiribati	17.95%	2020
30	Lesotho	17.42%	2020
31	Nigeria	17.41%	2020
32	Rwanda	17.26%	2020
33	Uganda	16.86%	2020
34	Nicaragua	16.78%	2020
35	Liberia	16.04%	2020
36	Somalia	15.82%	2020
37	Republic of the Congo	15.75%	2020
38	Tajikistan	15.58%	2020
39	Cambodia	14.88%	2020
40	Mauritania	14.84%	2020
41	Guinea	14.76%	2020
42	Myanmar	14.69%	2020
43	Mali	13.60%	2020
44	Sudan	12.88%	2020
45	Senegal	12.71%	2020
46	East Timor	12.62%	2020
47	Mongolia	12.36%	2020
48	Laos	11.21%	2020
49	Gambia	10.46%	2020
50	Yemen	10.37%	2020
51	Djibouti	9.19%	2020
52	Comoros	8.93%	2019
53	Namibia	8.64%	2020
54	Malawi	8.00%	2020
55	Republic of Moldova	7.91%	2020
56	Vanuatu	7.71%	2020
57	Ghana	7.62%	2020
58	Sri Lanka	7.18%	2020
59	Gabon	6.92%	2020
60	Indonesia	6.73%	2020
61	Bolivia	6.47%	2020
62	Kyrgyzstan	6.40%	2020
63	French Guiana	6.22%	2020
64	Pakistan	6.03%	2020
65	Peru	6.01%	2020
66	Nepal	5.95%	2020
67	Venezuela	5.84%	2020
68	Fiji	5.70%	2020
69	North Korea	5.47%	2020
70	Guatemala	4.96%	2020
71	China	4.92%	2020
72	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4.85%	2018
73	Falkland Islands	4.69%	2020
74	Ecuador	4.64%	2020
75	Dominica	4.58%	2017
76	India	4.53%	2020
77	Morocco	4.33%	2020
78	Honduras	3.89%	2020
79	Cayman Islands	3.88%	2020
80	Panama	3.75%	2020
81	Mayotte	3.63%	2020
82	Jamaica	3.60%	2020
83	South Africa	3.34%	2020
84	Cape Verde	3.33%	2020
85	Antigua and Barbuda	3.26%	2017
86	Guyana	3.24%	2020
87	Grenada	3.21%	2017
88	Seychelles	3.15%	2019
89	Vietnam	3.12%	2020
90	Botswana	3.06%	2020
91	Albania	3.05%	2020
92	Philippines	3.03%	2020
93	Azerbaijan	2.91%	2020
94	Dominican Republic	2.85%	2020
95	Georgia	2.65%	2020
96	Kazakhstan	2.62%	2020
97	Ireland	2.60%	2020
98	Malaysia	2.55%	2020
99	Anguilla	2.52%	2017
100	Russia	2.39%	2020
101	Colombia	2.32%	2020
102	Uzbekistan	2.17%	2020
103	Aruba	2.13%	2016
104	Lithuania	1.99%	2020
105	Montserrat	1.92%	2020
106	El Salvador	1.85%	2020
107	Samoa	1.64%	2020
108	Sao Tome and Principe	1.54%	2020
109	Cuba	1.53%	2020
110	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.39%	2017
111	Croatia	1.32%	2007
112	Saint Lucia	1.30%	2020
113	United States Virgin Islands	1.28%	2020
114	Barbados	1.22%	2020
115	Bangladesh	1.15%	2020
116	Bahamas	1.11%	2019
117	Palestinian Territory	1.09%	2020
118	Bulgaria	0.99%	2020
119	Argentina	0.98%	2016
120	Turkey	0.96%	2020
121	Suriname	0.94%	2020
122	Japan	0.92%	2020
	Isle of Man	0.92%	2020
124	Jordan	0.91%	2020
125	Tunisia	0.83%	2020
126	Canada	0.78%	2020
127	Iraq	0.75%	2020
128	New Caledonia	0.69%	2020
129	Macedonia	0.62%	2020
130	Montenegro	0.60%	2020
131	Algeria	0.58%	2020
	Iran	0.58%	2020
133	Brazil	0.55%	2020
134	Latvia	0.54%	2020
135	Slovenia	0.50%	2020
	Curacao	0.50%	2017
137	Serbia	0.46%	2020
138	Qatar	0.43%	2020
139	Estonia	0.41%	2020
	Maldives	0.41%	2020
141	Ukraine	0.40%	2020
142	Tonga	0.39%	2020
143	Belize	0.35%	2020
144	Palau	0.34%	2020
145	Egypt	0.32%	2020
	Mexico	0.32%	2020
147	Guam	0.30%	2020
148	Oman	0.29%	2020
149	Bhutan	0.23%	2020
	Cyprus	0.23%	2020
	American Samoa	0.23%	2020
152	Syria	0.20%	2020
	Guadeloupe	0.20%	2020
154	Sweden	0.17%	2020
155	Martinique	0.16%	2020
156	British Virgin Islands	0.14%	2020
157	Mauritius	0.13%	2020
158	Czech Republic	0.12%	2020
	Luxembourg	0.12%	2020
	United States	0.12%	2020
161	Libya	0.11%	2020
162	Brunei	0.10%	2020
	Bermuda	0.10%	2020
164	Belarus	0.09%	2020
	Portugal	0.09%	2020
166	Italy	0.08%	2020
167	Spain	0.07%	2020
	South Korea	0.07%	2020
169	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.06%	2020
170	Marshall Islands	0.04%	2020
171	Armenia	0.03%	2020
	United Arab Emirates	0.03%	2020
	Cook Islands	0.03%	2020
	Poland	0.03%	2020
175	United Kingdom	0.00%	2020
	France	0.00%	2020
	Belgium	0.00%	2020
	Netherlands	0.00%	2020
	Germany	0.00%	2020
	Switzerland	0.00%	2020
	Andorra	0.00%	2020
	Austria	0.00%	2020
	Bahrain	0.00%	2020
	Uruguay	0.00%	2020
	Turkmenistan	0.00%	2020
	Trinidad and Tobago	0.00%	2020
	Thailand	0.00%	2020
	Slovakia	0.00%	2020
	Singapore	0.00%	2020
	Saudi Arabia	0.00%	2020
	Romania	0.00%	2020
	Puerto Rico	0.00%	2020
	Paraguay	0.00%	2020
	Norway	0.00%	2020
	New Zealand	0.00%	2020
	Lebanon	0.00%	2020
	Israel	0.00%	2020
	Hungary	0.00%	2020
	Hong Kong	0.00%	2020
	Greece	0.00%	2020
	Finland	0.00%	2020
	Denmark	0.00%	2020
	Costa Rica	0.00%	2020
	Chile	0.00%	2020
	French Polynesia	0.00%	2020
	Greenland	0.00%	2020
	Iceland	0.00%	2020
	Kuwait	0.00%	2020
	Liechtenstein	0.00%	2020
	Malta	0.00%	2020
	Monaco	0.00%	2020
	Nauru	0.00%	2020
	San Marino	0.00%	2020
	Reunion	0.00%	2020
	Faroe Islands	0.00%	2020
	Gibraltar	0.00%	2020
	Macao	0.00%	2020
	Northern Mariana Islands	0.00%	2020
	Tuvalu	0.00%	2020

Ranking by access to safe drinking water

List of countries by share of population with access to safe drinking water. Safe drinking water is water from an improved water source which is reliable and free from contamination.

Rank	Country	Share with access to safe drinking water (in percent)[3]	Year
1	Gibraltar	100.00%	2020
	Greece	100.00%	2020
	Hong Kong	100.00%	2020
	Iceland	100.00%	2020
	Kuwait	100.00%	2020
	Liechtenstein	100.00%	2020
	Malta	100.00%	2020
	Monaco	100.00%	2020
	New Zealand	100.00%	2020
	San Marino	100.00%	2020
	Singapore	100.00%	2020
12	Germany	99.99%	2020
13	Macau	99.98%	2020
14	Netherlands	99.97%	2020
15	Belgium	99.91%	2020
16	Puerto Rico	99.86%	2020
17	United Kingdom	99.82%	2020
18	Cyprus	99.77%	2020
19	Sweden	99.75%	2020
20	Finland	99.64%	2020
21	Spain	99.59%	2020
22	Luxembourg	99.46%	2020
23	Guam	99.44%	2020
24	Israel	99.32%	2020
25	France	99.25%	2020
26	Slovakia	99.24%	2020
27	South Korea	99.19%	2020
28	Martinique	99.06%	2020
29	Canada	99.04%	2020
30	Bahrain	98.98%	2020
31	Austria	98.90%	2020
32	Chile	98.77%	2020
33	Norway	98.64%	2020
34	Japan	98.57%	2020
35	American Samoa	98.36%	2020
36	Poland	98.33%	2020
37	Slovenia	98.27%	2020
38	United States Virgin Islands	97.94%	2020
39	Czech Republic	97.88%	2020
40	Bulgaria	97.62%	2020
41	Guadeloupe	97.59%	2020
42	Ireland	97.33%	2020
	United States	97.33%	2020
44	Isle of Man	97.21%	2020
45	Greenland	96.74%	2020
46	Denmark	96.73%	2020
47	New Caledonia	96.64%	2020
48	Latvia	96.29%	2020
49	Qatar	96.18%	2020
50	Italy	95.82%	2020
51	Estonia	95.76%	2020
52	Portugal	95.35%	2020
53	Lithuania	94.92%	2020
54	Turkmenistan	94.83%	2020
55	Belarus	94.61%	2020
56	Reunion	94.32%	2020
57	Switzerland	94.25%	2020
58	Iran	93.98%	2020
59	Malaysia	93.82%	2020
60	Mayotte	93.45%	2020
61	Hungary	92.59%	2020
62	Palau	91.31%	2020
63	Andorra	90.64%	2020
64	French Guiana	90.56%	2020
65	Oman	90.56%	2020
66	Northern Mariana Islands	90.53%	2020
67	Kazakhstan	89.33%	2020
68	Ukraine	89.02%	2020
69	Bosnia and Herzegovina	88.87%	2020
70	Azerbaijan	88.32%	2020
71	Grenada	87.12%	2017
72	Armenia	86.91%	2020
73	Brazil	85.77%	2020
74	Jordan	85.70%	2020
75	Montenegro	85.07%	2020
76	French Polynesia	83.86%	2020
77	Croatia	82.14%	2007
78	Romania	81.99%	2020
79	Costa Rica	80.52%	2020
80	Morocco	79.95%	2020
81	Palestinian Territory	79.70%	2020
82	Tunisia	79.29%	2020
83	Macedonia	76.83%	2020
84	Russia	76.10%	2020
85	Serbia	75.04%	2020
86	Republic of Moldova	74.07%	2020
87	Colombia	73.01%	2020
88	Algeria	72.38%	2020
89	Albania	70.67%	2020
90	Kyrgyzstan	70.09%	2020
91	Ecuador	66.83%	2020
92	North Korea	66.38%	2020
93	Georgia	66.35%	2020
94	Paraguay	64.08%	2020
95	Iraq	59.66%	2020
96	Myanmar	58.83%	2020
97	Uzbekistan	58.83%	2020
98	Bangladesh	58.51%	2020
99	Guatemala	55.83%	2020
100	Suriname	55.76%	2020
101	Nicaragua	55.52%	2020
102	Tajikistan	55.24%	2020
103	Peru	51.26%	2020
104	Lebanon	47.70%	2020
105	Philippines	47.46%	2020
106	Samoa	46.23%	2020
107	Republic of the Congo	45.90%	2020
108	Gambia	44.72%	2020
109	Mexico	43.03%	2020
110	Ghana	41.41%	2020
111	Bhutan	36.65%	2020
112	Sao Tome and Principe	36.17%	2020
113	Pakistan	35.84%	2020
114	Côte d'Ivoire	35.20%	2020
115	Mongolia	30.06%	2020
117	Zimbabwe	29.54%	2020
118	Tonga	29.50%	2020
119	Lesotho	28.91%	2020
120	Cambodia	27.76%	2020
121	Afghanistan	27.59%	2020
122	Guinea-Bissau	24.33%	2020
123	Nigeria	21.67%	2020
124	Madagascar	20.54%	2020
125	Togo	19.56%	2020
126	Democratic Republic of the Congo	18.99%	2020
127	Laos	17.68%	2020
128	Nepal	17.58%	2020
129	Uganda	16.65%	2020
130	Kiribati	14.69%	2020
131	Ethiopia	12.58%	2020
132	Rwanda	12.10%	2020
133	Sierra Leone	10.62%	2020
134	Central African Republic	6.18%	2020
135	Chad	5.59%	2020

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