Drinking Water Access by Country (2026)
American Samoa has the highest drinking water access rate in the world at 100.0%.
Top 5 Ranked
American Samoa
100.0%
Cook Islands
100.0%
French Polynesia
100.0%
American Samoa
100.0%
Cook Islands
100.0%
French Polynesia
100.0%
Overview
Wealthy nations have nearly universal access to safe drinking water, while parts of Sub-Saharan Africa and Oceania have some of the lowest rates. Rural and remote areas often lag behind cities. Contaminated water remains a major health risk, but international efforts have improved access for billions. Climate change and population growth pose new challenges. This ranking highlights the ongoing need for investment in water infrastructure.
Global Rankings
| Rank | Country | Drinking Water Access (%) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
American Samoa
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 2 |
Cook Islands
|
100.0% | 2020 |
| 3 |
French Polynesia
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 4 |
New Zealand
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 5 |
Northern Mariana Islands
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 6 |
Puerto Rico
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 7 |
Saint Barthelemy
|
100.0% | 2020 |
| 8 |
Brunei
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 9 |
Hong Kong
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 10 |
South Korea
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 11 |
Macau
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 12 |
Singapore
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 13 |
Thailand
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 14 |
Andorra
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 15 |
Austria
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 16 |
Belgium
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 17 |
Denmark
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 18 |
Estonia
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 19 |
Faroe Islands
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 20 |
Finland
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 21 |
France
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 22 |
Germany
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 23 |
Gibraltar
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 24 |
Greece
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 25 |
Holy See (Vatican City)
|
100.0% | 2017 |
| 26 |
Hungary
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 27 |
Iceland
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 28 |
Isle of Man
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 29 |
Liechtenstein
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 30 |
Luxembourg
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 31 |
Malta
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 32 |
Monaco
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 33 |
Netherlands
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 34 |
Norway
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 35 |
Romania
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 36 |
San Marino
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 37 |
Switzerland
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 38 |
United Kingdom
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 39 |
Israel
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 40 |
Kuwait
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 41 |
United Arab Emirates
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 42 |
Bermuda
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 43 |
Greenland
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 44 |
Brazil
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 45 |
Qatar
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 46 |
United States
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 47 |
Australia
|
100.0% | 2024 |
| 48 |
Mauritius
|
99.9% | 2024 |
| 49 |
Armenia
|
99.9% | 2024 |
| 50 |
Saint Martin
|
99.9% | 2024 |
| 51 |
Turkmenistan
|
99.9% | 2024 |
| 52 |
Italy
|
99.9% | 2024 |
| 53 |
Lithuania
|
99.9% | 2024 |
| 54 |
Spain
|
99.9% | 2024 |
| 55 |
Bahrain
|
99.9% | 2024 |
| 56 |
Croatia
|
99.9% | 2024 |
| 57 |
Belarus
|
99.9% | 2024 |
| 58 |
British Virgin Islands
|
99.9% | 2024 |
| 59 |
Costa Rica
|
99.8% | 2024 |
| 60 |
Slovakia
|
99.8% | 2024 |
| 61 |
Sweden
|
99.8% | 2024 |
| 62 |
Maldives
|
99.8% | 2024 |
| 63 |
Cyprus
|
99.7% | 2024 |
| 64 |
Tokelau
|
99.7% | 2020 |
| 65 |
Uruguay
|
99.6% | 2024 |
| 66 |
Paraguay
|
99.6% | 2024 |
| 67 |
Slovenia
|
99.6% | 2024 |
| 68 |
Bhutan
|
99.5% | 2024 |
| 69 |
New Caledonia
|
99.5% | 2024 |
| 70 |
Mexico
|
99.5% | 2024 |
| 71 |
Guam
|
99.5% | 2024 |
| 72 |
Palau
|
99.5% | 2024 |
| 73 |
Virgin Islands
|
99.5% | 2024 |
| 74 |
Samoa
|
99.4% | 2024 |
| 75 |
Portugal
|
99.3% | 2024 |
| 76 |
Jordan
|
99.3% | 2024 |
| 77 |
Montenegro
|
99.3% | 2024 |
| 78 |
Trinidad and Tobago
|
99.2% | 2024 |
| 79 |
Bulgaria
|
99.2% | 2024 |
| 80 |
Japan
|
99.2% | 2024 |
| 81 |
Barbados
|
99.2% | 2024 |
| 82 |
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
|
99.1% | 2020 |
| 83 |
Wallis and Futuna
|
99.1% | 2020 |
| 84 |
Chile
|
99.1% | 2024 |
| 85 |
Saudi Arabia
|
99.0% | 2024 |
| 86 |
Argentina
|
99.0% | 2016 |
| 87 |
Bahamas
|
99.0% | 2019 |
| 88 |
Antigua and Barbuda
|
98.9% | 2024 |
| 89 |
Tonga
|
98.9% | 2024 |
| 90 |
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
98.8% | 2024 |
| 91 |
Bangladesh
|
98.8% | 2024 |
| 92 |
Latvia
|
98.8% | 2024 |
| 93 |
Vietnam
|
98.8% | 2024 |
| 94 |
Tuvalu
|
98.7% | 2024 |
| 95 |
Czech Republic
|
98.7% | 2024 |
| 96 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
98.6% | 2017 |
| 97 |
Iraq
|
98.4% | 2024 |
| 98 |
Canada
|
98.3% | 2024 |
| 99 |
Macedonia
|
98.2% | 2024 |
| 100 |
Montserrat
|
98.1% | 2020 |
| 101 |
Saint Lucia
|
98.1% | 2024 |
| 102 |
Suriname
|
98.0% | 2024 |
| 103 |
Malaysia
|
97.9% | 2024 |
| 104 |
Iran
|
97.8% | 2024 |
| 105 |
Nauru
|
97.8% | 2024 |
| 106 |
Kazakhstan
|
97.8% | 2024 |
| 107 |
Seychelles
|
97.7% | 2024 |
| 108 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
97.7% | 2018 |
| 109 |
Azerbaijan
|
97.7% | 2024 |
| 110 |
Anguilla
|
97.5% | 2017 |
| 111 |
Dominican Republic
|
97.5% | 2024 |
| 112 |
Egypt
|
97.3% | 2024 |
| 113 |
Uzbekistan
|
97.3% | 2024 |
| 114 |
Georgia
|
97.3% | 2024 |
| 115 |
Ireland
|
97.1% | 2024 |
| 116 |
Colombia
|
97.1% | 2024 |
| 117 |
Niue
|
97.0% | 2020 |
| 118 |
Dominica
|
97.0% | 2024 |
| 119 |
Russia
|
96.9% | 2024 |
| 120 |
Aruba
|
96.7% | 2016 |
| 121 |
Tunisia
|
96.7% | 2024 |
| 122 |
Libya
|
96.3% | 2024 |
| 123 |
China
|
96.1% | 2024 |
| 124 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
96.1% | 2024 |
| 125 |
Turkey
|
96.0% | 2024 |
| 126 |
Laos
|
95.9% | 2024 |
| 127 |
Philippines
|
95.9% | 2024 |
| 128 |
Honduras
|
95.7% | 2024 |
| 129 |
India
|
95.7% | 2024 |
| 130 |
Guyana
|
95.6% | 2024 |
| 131 |
Peru
|
95.6% | 2024 |
| 132 |
Grenada
|
95.6% | 2017 |
| 133 |
Fiji
|
95.6% | 2024 |
| 134 |
Cayman Islands
|
95.5% | 2024 |
| 135 |
Serbia
|
95.4% | 2024 |
| 136 |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
|
95.3% | 2020 |
| 137 |
Panama
|
95.3% | 2024 |
| 138 |
Cuba
|
95.2% | 2024 |
| 139 |
Albania
|
95.1% | 2024 |
| 140 |
Kyrgyzstan
|
94.9% | 2024 |
| 141 |
Belize
|
94.8% | 2024 |
| 142 |
Guernsey
|
94.2% | 2017 |
| 143 |
Jersey
|
94.2% | 2017 |
| 144 |
Syria
|
94.1% | 2024 |
| 145 |
North Korea
|
93.9% | 2023 |
| 146 |
Nepal
|
93.6% | 2024 |
| 147 |
Ukraine
|
93.5% | 2024 |
| 148 |
Bolivia
|
93.4% | 2024 |
| 149 |
Venezuela
|
93.3% | 2024 |
| 150 |
Guatemala
|
93.2% | 2024 |
| 151 |
Moldova
|
92.7% | 2024 |
| 152 |
Oman
|
92.7% | 2024 |
| 153 |
Lebanon
|
92.6% | 2024 |
| 154 |
Algeria
|
92.4% | 2024 |
| 155 |
Cabo Verde
|
92.3% | 2024 |
| 156 |
Morocco
|
92.2% | 2024 |
| 157 |
Ecuador
|
92.1% | 2024 |
| 158 |
Botswana
|
91.8% | 2024 |
| 159 |
El Salvador
|
91.6% | 2024 |
| 160 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
|
91.4% | 2017 |
| 161 |
Pakistan
|
90.7% | 2024 |
| 162 |
Sri Lanka
|
90.2% | 2024 |
| 163 |
South Africa
|
90.2% | 2024 |
| 164 |
Poland
|
90.1% | 2024 |
| 165 |
Ghana
|
89.9% | 2024 |
| 166 |
Micronesia, Federated States of
|
89.9% | 2020 |
| 167 |
Tajikistan
|
89.2% | 2024 |
| 168 |
Indonesia
|
89.0% | 2024 |
| 169 |
Gabon
|
88.6% | 2024 |
| 170 |
Senegal
|
88.0% | 2024 |
| 171 |
Jamaica
|
87.6% | 2024 |
| 172 |
Marshall Islands
|
87.4% | 2024 |
| 173 |
Timor-Leste
|
87.3% | 2024 |
| 174 |
Vanuatu
|
87.1% | 2024 |
| 175 |
Gambia
|
87.1% | 2024 |
| 176 |
Namibia
|
86.5% | 2024 |
| 177 |
Mali
|
86.4% | 2024 |
| 178 |
Mongolia
|
86.1% | 2024 |
| 179 |
Burma
|
85.7% | 2024 |
| 180 |
Comoros
|
85.0% | 2024 |
| 181 |
Nicaragua
|
83.2% | 2020 |
| 182 |
Cambodia
|
82.8% | 2024 |
| 183 |
Nigeria
|
82.2% | 2024 |
| 184 |
Afghanistan
|
80.8% | 2024 |
| 185 |
Swaziland
|
80.4% | 2024 |
| 186 |
Djibouti
|
79.7% | 2024 |
| 187 |
Kiribati
|
79.1% | 2024 |
| 188 |
Liberia
|
78.8% | 2024 |
| 189 |
Lesotho
|
78.1% | 2024 |
| 190 |
Sao Tome and Principe
|
78.0% | 2024 |
| 191 |
Mauritania
|
77.3% | 2024 |
| 192 |
Cote d'Ivoire
|
77.2% | 2024 |
| 193 |
Somalia
|
75.3% | 2024 |
| 194 |
Yemen
|
75.0% | 2024 |
| 195 |
Guinea
|
74.2% | 2024 |
| 196 |
Republic of the Congo
|
73.5% | 2021 |
| 197 |
Zambia
|
73.4% | 2024 |
| 198 |
Haiti
|
73.3% | 2024 |
| 199 |
Malawi
|
73.0% | 2024 |
| 200 |
Solomon Islands
|
71.6% | 2024 |
| 201 |
Cameroon
|
71.4% | 2024 |
| 202 |
Benin
|
69.6% | 2024 |
| 203 |
Sierra Leone
|
68.1% | 2024 |
| 204 |
Angola
|
68.0% | 2024 |
| 205 |
Zimbabwe
|
67.2% | 2024 |
| 206 |
Mozambique
|
66.6% | 2024 |
| 207 |
Burundi
|
65.9% | 2024 |
| 208 |
Kenya
|
65.6% | 2024 |
| 209 |
Sudan
|
64.9% | 2024 |
| 210 |
Togo
|
64.8% | 2024 |
| 211 |
Equatorial Guinea
|
64.7% | 2017 |
| 212 |
Tanzania
|
64.6% | 2024 |
| 213 |
Uganda
|
63.0% | 2024 |
| 214 |
Guinea-Bissau
|
61.8% | 2024 |
| 215 |
Rwanda
|
61.4% | 2024 |
| 216 |
Ethiopia
|
55.6% | 2024 |
| 217 |
Madagascar
|
55.3% | 2024 |
| 218 |
Niger
|
53.4% | 2024 |
| 219 |
Papua New Guinea
|
53.3% | 2024 |
| 220 |
Chad
|
52.2% | 2024 |
| 221 |
Eritrea
|
51.9% | 2016 |
| 222 |
Burkina Faso
|
50.0% | 2024 |
| 223 |
Central African Republic
|
36.5% | 2024 |
| 224 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
35.7% | 2024 |
The Critical Role of Safe Drinking Water
Access to safe drinking water is fundamental to health and human dignity. Lack of clean water leads to disease, malnutrition, and reduced life expectancy. Improving water access supports education, economic development, and gender equality. Tracking this statistic helps target aid and infrastructure projects. Ensuring universal access is a key goal for global health and sustainability.
Rankings use each country's most recent figure. Sources: World Bank (2016–2024), The World Factbook (2017–2020). How we calculate this
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