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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
101 Dominican Republic 97
102 Egypt, Arab Rep. 97
103 Uzbekistan 97
104 Georgia 97
105 Ireland 97
106 Colombia 97
107 Dominica 97
108 Russian Federation 97
109 Tunisia 97
110 Libya 96
111 China 96
112 Bosnia and Herzegovina 96
113 Turkiye 96
114 Lao PDR 96
115 Philippines 96
116 Honduras 96
117 India 96
118 Guyana 96
119 Peru 96
120 Fiji 96
121 Cayman Islands 95
122 Serbia 95
123 Panama 95
124 Cuba 95
125 Albania 95
126 Kyrgyz Republic 95
127 Belize 95
128 Syrian Arab Republic 94
129 Nepal 94
130 Ukraine 93
131 Bolivia 93
132 Venezuela, RB 93
133 Guatemala 93
134 Moldova 93
135 Oman 93
136 Lebanon 93
137 Algeria 92
138 Cabo Verde 92
139 Morocco 92
140 Ecuador 92
141 Botswana 92
142 El Salvador 92
143 Pakistan 91
144 Sri Lanka 90
145 South Africa 90
146 Poland 90
147 Ghana 90
148 Tajikistan 89
149 Indonesia 89
150 Gabon 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

  • 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.