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People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of rural population)

For 2024, People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of rural population) is led by Andorra at 100. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

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.

Countries ranked 168
Snapshot year 2024
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0.025.050.075.0100AndorraAndorra: 100100ArmeniaArmenia: 100100AustraliaAustralia: 100100AustriaAustria: 100100BelgiumBelgium: 100100BrazilBrazil: 100100DenmarkDenmark: 100100EstoniaEstonia: 100100FinlandFinland: 100100FranceFrance: 100100GermanyGermany: 100100GreeceGreece: 100100
Rank Country Value
1 Andorra 100
2 Armenia 100
3 Australia 100
4 Austria 100
5 Belgium 100
6 Brazil 100
7 Denmark 100
8 Estonia 100
9 Finland 100
10 France 100
11 Germany 100
12 Greece 100
13 Greenland 100
14 Hungary 100
15 Iceland 100
16 Israel 100
17 Luxembourg 100
18 Malta 100
19 Netherlands 100
20 New Zealand 100
21 Norway 100
22 Romania 100
23 San Marino 100
24 Slovak Republic 100
25 Spain 100
26 Switzerland 100
27 Thailand 100
28 Turkmenistan 100
29 United Arab Emirates 100
30 United Kingdom 100
31 United States 100
32 West Bank and Gaza 100
33 Maldives 100
34 Tuvalu 100
35 Belarus 100
36 Mauritius 100
37 Croatia 100
38 Lithuania 100
39 Ukraine 100
40 Cyprus 100
41 Saudi Arabia 100
42 Costa Rica 100
43 Sweden 100
44 Montenegro 99
45 Samoa 99
46 Bhutan 99
47 Paraguay 99
48 Palau 99
49 Trinidad and Tobago 99
50 Antigua and Barbuda 99
Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.

Analytical takeaways

  • Andorra sits at the top of the People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of rural population) distribution in 2024 at 100, with a lead of 0 over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Georgia at 94, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits Congo, Dem. Rep. (14), and the page currently covers 168 countries.