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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
151 Cote d'Ivoire 89
152 Yemen, Rep. 89
153 Rwanda 88
154 Niger 87
155 Tanzania 86
156 Liberia 86
157 Malawi 86
158 Marshall Islands 86
159 Haiti 85
160 Papua New Guinea 84
161 Djibouti 84
162 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 84
163 Ethiopia 83
164 Angola 82
165 Sierra Leone 82
166 Cameroon 82
167 Burkina Faso 81
168 Uganda 80
169 Sao Tome and Principe 79
170 Madagascar 78
171 Chad 78
172 Benin 76
173 Sudan 74
174 Togo 74
175 Guinea-Bissau 73
176 South Sudan 66
177 Congo, Dem. Rep. 59
178 Central African Republic 48
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.