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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
101 Panama 88
102 Peru 87
103 Tajikistan 87
104 Cabo Verde 86
105 Algeria 85
106 Jamaica 84
107 Colombia 84
108 Vanuatu 84
109 Comoros 83
110 Timor-Leste 82
111 Poland 82
112 Ecuador 81
113 Myanmar 81
114 Morocco 81
115 Senegal 81
116 El Salvador 80
117 Indonesia 80
118 Mali 80
119 Cambodia 79
120 Bolivia 79
121 Gambia, The 78
122 Botswana 78
123 Ghana 76
124 Oman 76
125 Afghanistan 75
126 Eswatini 74
127 Namibia 74
128 Sao Tome and Principe 73
129 South Africa 73
130 Lesotho 71
131 Liberia 70
132 Malawi 70
133 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 68
134 Nigeria 67
135 Yemen, Rep. 66
136 Solomon Islands 65
137 Cote d'Ivoire 64
138 Kiribati 64
139 Mongolia 64
140 Benin 63
141 Djibouti 62
142 Guinea 62
143 Burundi 61
144 Sudan 60
145 Mauritania 59
146 Zambia 58
147 Togo 58
148 Sierra Leone 57
149 Uganda 57
150 Cameroon 56
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.