People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of urban population) - Country Ranking

Definition: The percentage of people using at least basic water services. This indicator encompasses both people using basic water services as well as those using safely managed water services. Basic drinking water services is defined as drinking water from an improved source, provided collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a round trip. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Afghanistan 100.00 2020
1 Azerbaijan 100.00 2020
1 Belgium 100.00 2020
1 Switzerland 100.00 2020
1 Germany 100.00 2020
1 Denmark 100.00 2020
1 Ecuador 100.00 2020
1 Finland 100.00 2020
1 United Kingdom 100.00 2020
1 Greece 100.00 2020
1 Greenland 100.00 2020
1 Guyana 100.00 2020
1 Hong Kong SAR, China 100.00 2020
1 Croatia 100.00 2020
1 Macao SAR, China 100.00 2020
1 Mexico 100.00 2020
1 Malta 100.00 2020
1 Andorra 100.00 2020
1 Austria 100.00 2020
1 Chile 100.00 2020
1 France 100.00 2020
1 Hungary 100.00 2020
1 Iceland 100.00 2020
1 Israel 100.00 2020
1 Lithuania 100.00 2020
1 Luxembourg 100.00 2020
1 Monaco 100.00 2020
1 New Zealand 100.00 2020
1 Romania 100.00 2020
1 Thailand 100.00 2020
1 Turkmenistan 100.00 2020
1 Netherlands 100.00 2020
1 Norway 100.00 2020
1 Nauru 100.00 2020
1 Portugal 100.00 2020
1 Singapore 100.00 2020
1 Tuvalu 100.00 2020
38 Estonia 99.99 2020
39 Australia 99.97 2020
40 Armenia 99.95 2020
41 Poland 99.94 2020
42 Colombia 99.94 2020
43 United States 99.93 2020
44 Mauritius 99.92 2020
45 Spain 99.91 2020
46 Czech Republic 99.90 2020
47 Paraguay 99.89 2020
48 Costa Rica 99.85 2020
49 Sweden 99.84 2020
50 Honduras 99.84 2020
51 Brazil 99.82 2020
52 Iraq 99.81 2020
53 Argentina 99.79 2020
54 Cyprus 99.73 2020
55 Uruguay 99.69 2020
56 Brunei 99.65 2020
57 Palau 99.63 2020
58 Tonga 99.61 2020
59 Slovak Republic 99.61 2020
60 Egypt 99.58 2020
61 El Salvador 99.57 2020
62 Sri Lanka 99.57 2020
63 Uzbekistan 99.56 2020
64 Bulgaria 99.53 2020
65 Vanuatu 99.50 2020
66 Georgia 99.45 2020
67 Kyrgyz Republic 99.31 2020
68 Canada 99.26 2020
69 Montenegro 99.19 2020
70 Vietnam 99.18 2020
71 Malaysia 99.14 2020
72 Bolivia 99.12 2020
73 Tunisia 99.12 2020
74 Jordan 99.09 2020
75 South Africa 99.00 2020
76 Belize 98.88 2020
77 Latvia 98.88 2020
78 Russia 98.83 2020
79 Suriname 98.71 2020
80 Iran 98.64 2020
81 Fiji 98.19 2020
82 Bhutan 98.11 2020
83 Panama 98.09 2020
84 Dominican Republic 98.04 2020
85 Kazakhstan 98.00 2020
86 North Macedonia 97.94 2020
87 Morocco 97.90 2020
88 Cuba 97.78 2020
89 Botswana 97.62 2020
90 Guatemala 97.62 2020
91 Indonesia 97.58 2020
92 Philippines 97.49 2020
93 Nicaragua 97.41 2020
94 Bangladesh 97.40 2020
95 Moldova 97.36 2020
96 Turkey 97.32 2020
97 St. Lucia 97.21 2020
98 China 97.11 2020
99 Lao PDR 97.06 2020
100 Ireland 96.98 2020
101 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 96.91 2020
102 Eswatini 96.75 2020
103 Mongolia 96.65 2020
104 Peru 96.56 2020
105 Timor-Leste 96.48 2020
106 Namibia 96.27 2020
107 Ghana 96.13 2020
108 Cayman Islands 96.13 2016
109 Belarus 96.01 2020
110 Algeria 96.00 2020
111 Mali 95.92 2020
112 Albania 95.66 2020
113 Tajikistan 95.58 2020
114 Myanmar 95.43 2020
115 Syrian Arab Republic 95.41 2020
116 Jamaica 95.40 2020
117 Senegal 95.32 2020
118 Serbia 94.87 2020
119 Bosnia and Herzegovina 94.85 2020
120 Oman 94.70 2020
121 India 93.67 2020
122 Cabo Verde 93.10 2020
123 Lesotho 93.02 2020
124 Zimbabwe 92.90 2020
125 Pakistan 92.77 2020
126 Nigeria 92.36 2020
127 Samoa 92.10 2020
128 Kiribati 91.53 2020
129 Solomon Islands 91.41 2020
130 Ukraine 91.28 2020
131 Burundi 90.67 2020
132 Togo 90.59 2020
133 Cambodia 90.46 2020
134 Gabon 89.81 2020
135 Eritrea 89.74 2016
136 Nepal 89.58 2020
137 Mauritania 89.26 2020
138 Tanzania 88.79 2020
139 Comoros 88.22 2019
140 Mozambique 87.99 2020
141 The Gambia 87.97 2020
142 Congo 87.09 2020
143 Kenya 86.98 2020
144 Zambia 86.73 2020
145 Guinea 86.58 2020
146 Malawi 86.45 2020
147 Papua New Guinea 86.08 2020
148 Niger 85.81 2020
149 Liberia 85.53 2020
150 Côte d'Ivoire 85.09 2020
151 Haiti 84.62 2020
152 Ethiopia 84.21 2020
153 Djibouti 84.14 2020
154 Rwanda 83.02 2020
155 Cameroon 82.08 2020
156 Madagascar 80.47 2020
157 Burkina Faso 80.08 2020
158 São Tomé and Principe 79.58 2020
159 Somalia 79.12 2020
160 Uganda 78.78 2020
161 Sierra Leone 78.41 2020
162 Equatorial Guinea 78.08 2017
163 Yemen 77.01 2020
164 Dem. Rep. Congo 74.50 2020
165 Chad 74.19 2020
166 Sudan 73.76 2020
167 Benin 73.26 2020
168 Angola 71.74 2020
169 Guinea-Bissau 70.61 2020
170 Central African Republic 49.66 2020

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Development Relevance: Water is considered to be the most important resource for sustaining ecosystems, which provide life-supporting services for people, animals, and plants. Global access to safe water and proper hygiene education can reduce illness and death from disease, leading to improved health, poverty reduction, and socio-economic development. However, many countries are challenged to provide these basic necessities to their populations, leaving people at risk for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)-related diseases. Because contaminated water is a major cause of illness and death, water quality is a determining factor in human poverty, education, and economic opportunities. Lack of access to adequate drinking water services contributes to deaths and illness, especially in children. Water based disease transmission by drinking contaminated water is responsible for significant outbreaks of diseases such as cholera and typhoid and includes diarrheal diseases, viral hepatitis A, cholera, dysentery and dracunculiasis (Guineaworm disease). Improving access to clean drinking water is a crucial element in the reduction of under-five mortality and morbidity and there is evidence that ensuring higher levels of drinking water services has a greater impact. Women and children spend millions of hours each year fetching water. The chore diverts their time from other important activities (for example attending school, caring for children, participating in the economy). When water is not available on premises and has to be collected, women and girls are almost two and a half times more likely than men and boys to be the main water carriers for their families. Many international organizations use access to safe drinking water and hygienic sanitation facilities as a measure for progress in the fight against poverty, disease, and death. Access to safe drinking water is also considered to be a human right, not a privilege, for every man, woman, and child. Economic benefits of safe drinking water services include higher economic productivity, more education, and health-care savings.

Limitations and Exceptions: National, regional and income group estimates are made when data are available for at least 50 percent of the population.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Data on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene are produced by the Joint Monitoring Programme of the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) based on administrative sources, national censuses and nationally representative household surveys. WHO/UNICEF defines a basic drinking water service as drinking water from an improved source, provided collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a round trip. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual