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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
201 Central African Republic 37
202 Congo, Dem. Rep. 36
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.