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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
151 Kenya 56
152 Rwanda 56
153 Haiti 55
154 Zimbabwe 54
155 Guinea-Bissau 53
156 Mozambique 52
157 Tanzania 51
158 Gabon 49
159 Papua New Guinea 48
160 Ethiopia 47
161 Niger 46
162 Chad 44
163 Madagascar 39
164 Angola 37
165 Burkina Faso 34
166 South Sudan 32
167 Central African Republic 27
168 Congo, Dem. Rep. 14
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.