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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
101 Timor-Leste 98
102 Sri Lanka 98
103 St. Lucia 97
104 China 97
105 Vanuatu 97
106 Dominica 97
107 India 97
108 Afghanistan 97
109 Botswana 97
110 Guatemala 97
111 Ireland 97
112 Turkiye 96
113 Namibia 96
114 Mongolia 96
115 Cuba 96
116 Myanmar 96
117 Albania 96
118 Poland 96
119 Syrian Arab Republic 96
120 Serbia 95
121 Guyana 95
122 Cayman Islands 95
123 Senegal 95
124 El Salvador 95
125 Cabo Verde 95
126 Nigeria 95
127 Indonesia 95
128 Tajikistan 95
129 Bosnia and Herzegovina 95
130 Algeria 95
131 Lesotho 95
132 Oman 95
133 Cambodia 94
134 Zimbabwe 94
135 Mali 94
136 Guinea 93
137 Pakistan 93
138 Gabon 92
139 Nepal 92
140 Gambia, The 92
141 Solomon Islands 91
142 Burundi 91
143 Ukraine 91
144 Mauritania 90
145 Zambia 90
146 Jamaica 90
147 Kiribati 90
148 Comoros 90
149 Mozambique 89
150 Kenya 89
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.