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

For 2024, People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of urban 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 178
Snapshot year 2024
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0.025.050.075.0100AndorraAndorra: 100100AustriaAustria: 100100BelgiumBelgium: 100100BermudaBermuda: 100100BrazilBrazil: 100100DenmarkDenmark: 100100EstoniaEstonia: 100100FinlandFinland: 100100FranceFrance: 100100GermanyGermany: 100100GibraltarGibraltar: 100100GreeceGreece: 100100
Rank Country Value
1 Andorra 100
2 Austria 100
3 Belgium 100
4 Bermuda 100
5 Brazil 100
6 Denmark 100
7 Estonia 100
8 Finland 100
9 France 100
10 Germany 100
11 Gibraltar 100
12 Greece 100
13 Hong Kong SAR, China 100
14 Hungary 100
15 Iceland 100
16 Israel 100
17 Kuwait 100
18 Lao PDR 100
19 Lithuania 100
20 Luxembourg 100
21 Macao SAR, China 100
22 Malta 100
23 Mauritius 100
24 Mexico 100
25 Monaco 100
26 Netherlands 100
27 New Zealand 100
28 Norway 100
29 Romania 100
30 Samoa 100
31 San Marino 100
32 Singapore 100
33 Switzerland 100
34 Thailand 100
35 United Arab Emirates 100
36 United Kingdom 100
37 Portugal 100
38 United States 100
39 Australia 100
40 Croatia 100
41 St. Martin (French part) 100
42 Colombia 100
43 Spain 100
44 Belarus 100
45 Armenia 100
46 Paraguay 100
47 Turkmenistan 100
48 Costa Rica 100
49 Bhutan 100
50 Azerbaijan 100
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, urban (% of urban population) distribution in 2024 at 100, with a lead of 0 over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is North Macedonia at 98, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits Central African Republic (48), and the page currently covers 178 countries.