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Safe Drinking Water Access by Country

Ranked by the share of population with safely managed drinking water, from the World Bank. "Safely managed" is a high bar — on premises, available when needed, free of contamination — which is why numbers here run lower than the tap-exists statistics usually quoted.

World Bank — safely managed drinking water, % of population · 186 countries covered

Europe top 10 Asia top 10 North America top 10 South America top 10 Africa top 10 Oceania top 10

Full ranking · 186 countries

#Country% of population

1

2

Australia100.0%

3

4

5

Brazil100.0%

6

Brunei100.0%

7

8

9

10

France100.0%

11

12

Greece100.0%

13

14

15

Israel100.0%

16

Kuwait100.0%

17

Liechtenstein100.0%

18

Luxembourg100.0%

19

Malta100.0%

20

Monaco100.0%

21

Netherlands100.0%

22

New Zealand100.0%

23

Norway100.0%

24

Qatar100.0%

25

26

27

San Marino100.0%

28

Singapore100.0%

29

South Korea100.0%

30

Switzerland100.0%

31

32

United Arab Emirates100.0%

33

United Kingdom100.0%

34

United States100.0%

35

36

37

38

39

Italy99.9%

40

41

42

Spain99.9%

43

Turkmenistan99.9%

44

Costa Rica99.8%

45

46

47

48

49

50

51

52

53

54

Palau99.5%

55

Samoa99.4%

56

57

Montenegro99.3%

58

59

Trinidad and Tobago99.3%

60

61

62

Japan99.2%

63

Chile99.1%

64

Saudi Arabia99.0%

65

Antigua and Barbuda98.9%

66

Tonga98.9%

67

Bangladesh98.8%

68

69

70

71

72

Iraq98.4%

73

74

North Macedonia98.2%

75

Saint Lucia98.1%

76

77

Iran97.9%

78

79

Kazakhstan97.8%

80

Nauru97.8%

81

Azerbaijan97.7%

82

Seychelles97.7%

83

Dominican Republic97.5%

84

Egypt97.3%

85

86

Uzbekistan97.3%

87

88

89

90

91

92

Libya96.4%

93

Bosnia and Herzegovina96.1%

94

China96.1%

95

96

Laos95.9%

97

Philippines95.9%

98

99

India95.7%

100

Fiji95.6%

101

102

Peru95.6%

103

104

105

106

Cuba95.1%

107

Kyrgyzstan94.9%

108

109

Syria94.1%

110

North Korea93.9%

111

Nepal93.6%

112

113

114

115

116

117

Oman92.7%

118

119

120

Cape Verde92.3%

121

122

123

124

El Salvador91.6%

125

126

South Africa90.2%

127

128

129

Ghana89.9%

130

Micronesia89.9%

131

Tajikistan89.2%

132

133

Gabon88.6%

134

135

136

Marshall Islands87.4%

137

Timor-Leste87.3%

138

139

140

141

Mali86.4%

142

143

144

145

146

147

Afghanistan80.8%

148

149

150

151

152

153

São Tomé and Príncipe78.0%

154

Mauritania77.3%

155

Ivory Coast77.2%

156

157

Yemen75.0%

158

159

Republic of the Congo73.5%

160

161

Haiti73.3%

162

163

Solomon Islands71.6%

164

165

Benin69.6%

166

Sierra Leone68.1%

167

168

169

Mozambique66.6%

170

171

Kenya65.6%

172

Sudan64.9%

173

Togo64.8%

174

175

176

Guinea-Bissau61.8%

177

178

179

Madagascar55.3%

180

Niger53.4%

181

Papua New Guinea53.3%

182

Chad52.2%

183

Burkina Faso50.0%

184

South Sudan39.7%

185

Central African Republic36.5%

186

Safe Drinking Water Access by Country — Europe

Top 10 of 45 ranked Europe countries; world rank in the left column.

#1

#3

#4

#7

#8

#9

#10

France100.0%

#11

#12

Greece100.0%

#13

Safe Drinking Water Access by Country — Asia

Top 10 of 44 ranked Asia countries; world rank in the left column.

#6

Brunei100.0%

#15

Israel100.0%

#16

Kuwait100.0%

#24

Qatar100.0%

#28

Singapore100.0%

#29

South Korea100.0%

#31

#32

United Arab Emirates100.0%

#35

#36

Safe Drinking Water Access by Country — North America

Top 10 of 19 ranked North America countries; world rank in the left column.

#25

#34

United States100.0%

#44

Costa Rica99.8%

#53

#59

Trinidad and Tobago99.3%

#60

#65

Antigua and Barbuda98.9%

#73

#75

Saint Lucia98.1%

#83

Dominican Republic97.5%

Safe Drinking Water Access by Country — South America

Top 10 of 11 ranked South America countries; world rank in the left column.

#5

Brazil100.0%

#49

#51

#63

Chile99.1%

#76

#87

#101

#102

Peru95.6%

#113

#114

Safe Drinking Water Access by Country — Africa

Top 10 of 52 ranked Africa countries; world rank in the left column.

#41

#82

Seychelles97.7%

#84

Egypt97.3%

#91

#92

Libya96.4%

#119

#120

Cape Verde92.3%

#121

#123

#126

South Africa90.2%

Safe Drinking Water Access by Country — Oceania

Top 10 of 15 ranked countries in Oceania; world rank in the left column.

#2

Australia100.0%

#22

New Zealand100.0%

#54

Palau99.5%

#55

Samoa99.4%

#66

Tonga98.9%

#71

#80

Nauru97.8%

#100

Fiji95.6%

#130

Micronesia89.9%

#136

Marshall Islands87.4%

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