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
51 Uruguay 100
52 Chile 100
53 Argentina 100
54 Tonga 100
55 Iraq 100
56 Sweden 100
57 Cyprus 100
58 Bulgaria 100
59 Palau 100
60 Slovak Republic 100
61 Georgia 100
62 Maldives 100
63 Kyrgyz Republic 99
64 Trinidad and Tobago 99
65 Jordan 99
66 Turks and Caicos Islands 99
67 Honduras 99
68 Bolivia 99
69 Montenegro 99
70 Viet Nam 99
71 Ghana 99
72 Russian Federation 99
73 Saudi Arabia 99
74 Belize 99
75 Latvia 99
76 Czechia 99
77 Bangladesh 99
78 Antigua and Barbuda 99
79 Iran, Islamic Rep. 99
80 Suriname 99
81 Fiji 99
82 Malaysia 99
83 Egypt, Arab Rep. 99
84 Panama 98
85 West Bank and Gaza 98
86 Tunisia 98
87 Morocco 98
88 Philippines 98
89 North Macedonia 98
90 Canada 98
91 Tuvalu 98
92 Eswatini 98
93 Uzbekistan 98
94 Kazakhstan 98
95 Dominican Republic 98
96 Moldova 98
97 Naoero 98
98 Peru 98
99 South Africa 98
100 Ecuador 98
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.