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

For 2024, People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) is led by American Samoa 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 202
Snapshot year 2024
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0.025.050.075.0100American SamoaAmerican Samoa: 100100AndorraAndorra: 100100BelgiumBelgium: 100100BermudaBermuda: 100100Brunei DarussalamBrunei Darussalam: 100100CuracaoCuracao: 100100Faroe IslandsFaroe Islands: 100100French PolynesiaFrench Polynesia: 100100GermanyGermany: 100100GibraltarGibraltar: 100100GreeceGreece: 100100GreenlandGreenland: 100100
Rank Country Value
51 Bahrain 100
52 Lithuania 100
53 Italy 100
54 Croatia 100
55 Belarus 100
56 British Virgin Islands 100
57 Costa Rica 100
58 Slovak Republic 100
59 Sweden 100
60 Maldives 100
61 Cyprus 100
62 Uruguay 100
63 Paraguay 100
64 Slovenia 100
65 Bhutan 100
66 Mexico 100
67 New Caledonia 100
68 Palau 100
69 Guam 100
70 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 99
71 Samoa 99
72 Portugal 99
73 Jordan 99
74 Montenegro 99
75 Trinidad and Tobago 99
76 Bulgaria 99
77 Japan 99
78 Barbados 99
79 Chile 99
80 Saudi Arabia 99
81 Antigua and Barbuda 99
82 Tonga 99
83 Turks and Caicos Islands 99
84 Bangladesh 99
85 Latvia 99
86 West Bank and Gaza 99
87 Viet Nam 99
88 Tuvalu 99
89 Czechia 99
90 Iraq 98
91 Canada 98
92 North Macedonia 98
93 St. Lucia 98
94 Suriname 98
95 Malaysia 98
96 Iran, Islamic Rep. 98
97 Naoero 98
98 Kazakhstan 98
99 Seychelles 98
100 Azerbaijan 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

  • American Samoa sits at the top of the People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) distribution in 2024 at 100, with a lead of 0 over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Dominican Republic at 97, 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. (36), and the page currently covers 202 countries.