Drinking Water Access by Country

Analysis

Global Rankings

Rank	Country	Drinking Water Access (%)	Date
1	Australia	100.0%	2020
2	Cook Islands	100.0%	2020
3	French Polynesia	100.0%	2020
4	Marshall Islands	100.0%	2020
5	Nauru	100.0%	2020
6	New Zealand	100.0%	2020
7	Northern Mariana Islands	100.0%	2020
8	Tuvalu	100.0%	2020
9	Costa Rica	100.0%	2020
10	Puerto Rico	100.0%	2020
11	Saint Barthelemy	100.0%	2020
12	Saint Martin	100.0%	2020
13	Trinidad and Tobago	100.0%	2020
14	Turkmenistan	100.0%	2020
15	Hong Kong	100.0%	2020
16	Macau	100.0%	2020
17	Singapore	100.0%	2020
18	Thailand	100.0%	2020
19	Andorra	100.0%	2020
20	Austria	100.0%	2020
21	Belgium	100.0%	2020
22	Croatia	100.0%	2020
23	Denmark	100.0%	2020
24	Faroe Islands	100.0%	2020
25	Finland	100.0%	2020
26	France	100.0%	2020
27	Germany	100.0%	2020
28	Gibraltar	100.0%	2020
29	Greece	100.0%	2020
30	Holy See (Vatican City)	100.0%	2017
31	Hungary	100.0%	2020
32	Iceland	100.0%	2020
33	Liechtenstein	100.0%	2020
34	Malta	100.0%	2020
35	Monaco	100.0%	2020
36	Netherlands	100.0%	2020
37	Norway	100.0%	2020
38	Poland	100.0%	2020
39	Romania	100.0%	2020
40	San Marino	100.0%	2020
41	Slovakia	100.0%	2020
42	Switzerland	100.0%	2020
43	United Kingdom	100.0%	2020
44	Armenia	100.0%	2020
45	Bahrain	100.0%	2020
46	Israel	100.0%	2020
47	Kuwait	100.0%	2020
48	Lebanon	100.0%	2020
49	Saudi Arabia	100.0%	2020
50	United Arab Emirates	100.0%	2020
51	Greenland	100.0%	2020
52	Chile	100.0%	2020
53	Paraguay	100.0%	2020
54	Uruguay	100.0%	2020
55	Libya	99.9%	2020
56	Mauritius	99.9%	2020
57	British Virgin Islands	99.9%	2020
58	Brunei	99.9%	2020
59	South Korea	99.9%	2020
60	Belarus	99.9%	2020
61	Bosnia and Herzegovina	99.9%	2020
62	Czech Republic	99.9%	2020
63	Italy	99.9%	2020
64	Luxembourg	99.9%	2020
65	Portugal	99.9%	2020
66	Spain	99.9%	2020
67	Bermuda	99.9%	2020
68	United States	99.9%	2020
69	American Samoa	99.8%	2020
70	Cyprus	99.8%	2020
71	Sweden	99.8%	2020
72	Syria	99.8%	2020
73	Bhutan	99.8%	2020
74	Egypt	99.7%	2020
75	Guam	99.7%	2020
76	Palau	99.7%	2020
77	Tokelau	99.7%	2020
78	Belize	99.7%	2020
79	Oman	99.7%	2020
80	Mexico	99.7%	2020
81	Tonga	99.6%	2020
82	Estonia	99.6%	2020
83	Ukraine	99.6%	2020
84	Qatar	99.6%	2020
85	Yemen	99.6%	2020
86	Maldives	99.6%	2020
87	Latvia	99.5%	2020
88	Serbia	99.5%	2020
89	Slovenia	99.5%	2020
90	Algeria	99.4%	2020
91	Botswana	99.4%	2020
92	Macedonia	99.4%	2020
93	Montenegro	99.4%	2020
94	Iran	99.4%	2020
95	Brazil	99.4%	2020
96	New Caledonia	99.3%	2020
97	Iraq	99.3%	2020
98	Tunisia	99.2%	2020
99	Canada	99.2%	2020
100	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	99.1%	2020
101	Wallis and Futuna	99.1%	2020
102	Japan	99.1%	2020
103	Isle of Man	99.1%	2020
104	Jordan	99.1%	2020
105	Suriname	99.1%	2020
106	Bulgaria	99.0%	2020
107	Turkey	99.0%	2020
108	Bahamas	98.9%	2017
109	Bangladesh	98.9%	2020
110	Barbados	98.8%	2020
111	Saint Lucia	98.7%	2020
112	Virgin Islands	98.7%	2020
113	Sao Tome and Principe	98.5%	2020
114	Cuba	98.5%	2020
115	Samoa	98.4%	2020
116	El Salvador	98.2%	2020
117	Montserrat	98.1%	2020
118	Lithuania	98.0%	2020
119	Uzbekistan	97.8%	2020
120	Colombia	97.7%	2020
121	Russia	97.6%	2020
122	Anguilla	97.5%	2017
123	Malaysia	97.5%	2020
124	Kazakhstan	97.4%	2020
125	Ireland	97.4%	2020
126	Georgia	97.3%	2020
127	Dominican Republic	97.2%	2020
128	Azerbaijan	97.1%	2020
129	Niue	97.0%	2020
130	Philippines	97.0%	2020
131	Albania	97.0%	2020
132	Vietnam	96.9%	2020
133	Grenada	96.8%	2017
134	Guyana	96.8%	2020
135	Cabo Verde	96.7%	2020
136	South Africa	96.7%	2020
137	Antigua and Barbuda	96.7%	2017
138	Jamaica	96.4%	2020
139	Seychelles	96.2%	2017
140	Panama	96.2%	2020
141	Honduras	96.1%	2020
142	India	95.5%	2020
143	Ecuador	95.4%	2020
144	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	95.3%	2020
145	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	95.1%	2017
146	China	95.1%	2020
147	Guatemala	95.0%	2020
148	North Korea	94.5%	2020
149	Fiji	94.3%	2020
150	Turks and Caicos Islands	94.3%	2017
151	Guernsey	94.2%	2017
152	Jersey	94.2%	2017
153	Venezuela	94.2%	2020
154	Nepal	94.1%	2020
155	Peru	94.0%	2020
156	Pakistan	94.0%	2020
157	Kyrgyzstan	93.6%	2020
158	Bolivia	93.5%	2020
159	Indonesia	93.3%	2020
160	Gabon	93.1%	2020
161	Sri Lanka	92.8%	2020
162	Ghana	92.4%	2020
163	Vanuatu	92.3%	2020
164	Moldova	92.1%	2020
165	Malawi	92.0%	2020
166	Namibia	91.4%	2020
167	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	91.4%	2017
168	Comoros	91.0%	2017
169	Morocco	91.0%	2017
170	Djibouti	90.8%	2020
171	Gambia	89.5%	2020
172	Laos	88.8%	2020
173	Mongolia	87.6%	2020
174	Timor-Leste	87.4%	2020
175	Senegal	87.3%	2020
176	Sudan	87.1%	2020
177	Mali	86.4%	2020
178	Burma	85.3%	2020
179	Guinea	85.2%	2020
180	Mauritania	85.2%	2020
181	Cambodia	85.1%	2020
182	Tajikistan	84.4%	2020
183	Republic of the Congo	84.2%	2020
184	Somalia	84.2%	2020
185	Liberia	84.0%	2020
186	Nicaragua	83.2%	2020
187	Uganda	83.1%	2020
188	Rwanda	82.7%	2020
189	Lesotho	82.6%	2020
190	Nigeria	82.6%	2020
191	Kiribati	82.0%	2020
192	Burundi	81.6%	2020
193	Swaziland	80.3%	2020
194	Cote d'Ivoire	79.8%	2020
195	Cameroon	78.6%	2020
196	Micronesia, Federated States of	78.6%	2017
197	Burkina Faso	78.5%	2020
198	Zimbabwe	76.9%	2020
199	Haiti	76.5%	2020
200	Afghanistan	76.5%	2020
201	Ethiopia	76.4%	2020
202	Benin	74.7%	2020
203	Togo	74.6%	2020
204	Mozambique	73.3%	2020
205	Guinea-Bissau	73.1%	2020
206	Solomon Islands	73.1%	2020
207	Sierra Leone	72.8%	2020
208	Tanzania	72.0%	2020
209	Zambia	71.6%	2020
210	Kenya	71.2%	2020
211	Niger	68.6%	2020
212	Equatorial Guinea	67.6%	2017
213	Angola	66.5%	2020
214	Central African Republic	62.9%	2020
215	Chad	60.9%	2020
216	Democratic Republic of the Congo	59.4%	2020
217	Madagascar	56.1%	2020
218	Papua New Guinea	47.5%	2020

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.

Sources

Rankings are based on the most recent data available and may vary over time as new data is released. This list uses the latest available data from The World Factbook.