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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
151 Senegal 88
152 Jamaica 88
153 Marshall Islands 87
154 Timor-Leste 87
155 Vanuatu 87
156 Gambia, The 87
157 Namibia 87
158 Mali 86
159 Mongolia 86
160 Myanmar 86
161 Comoros 85
162 Cambodia 83
163 Nigeria 82
164 Afghanistan 81
165 Eswatini 80
166 Djibouti 80
167 Kiribati 79
168 Liberia 79
169 Lesotho 78
170 Sao Tome and Principe 78
171 Mauritania 77
172 Cote d'Ivoire 77
173 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 75
174 Yemen, Rep. 75
175 Guinea 74
176 Zambia 73
177 Haiti 73
178 Malawi 73
179 Solomon Islands 72
180 Cameroon 71
181 Benin 70
182 Sierra Leone 68
183 Angola 68
184 Zimbabwe 67
185 Mozambique 67
186 Burundi 66
187 Kenya 66
188 Sudan 65
189 Togo 65
190 Tanzania 65
191 Uganda 63
192 Guinea-Bissau 62
193 Rwanda 61
194 Ethiopia 56
195 Madagascar 55
196 Niger 53
197 Papua New Guinea 53
198 Chad 52
199 Burkina Faso 50
200 South Sudan 40
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.