# Basic drinking water by country: data and definition

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Page last materially revised: 2026-11-02
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Indicator field guide / SH.H2O.BASW.ZS

# Basic drinking water

The percentage using at least basic drinking water services: an improved source where collection takes no more than 30 minutes for a round trip including queuing. It is not equivalent to safely managed drinking water.

Unit: % of population. [Original provider definition and metadata ↗](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.H2O.BASW.ZS)

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## Covered economies, 2023

| Economy | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Afghanistan | 78.9% |
| Albania | 95.1% |
| Algeria | 92.4% |
| Andorra | 100.0% |
| Angola | 67.2% |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 98.9% |
| Armenia | 99.9% |
| Australia | 100.0% |
| Austria | 100.0% |
| Azerbaijan | 96.8% |
| Bahrain | 99.9% |
| Bangladesh | 98.7% |
| Barbados | 99.2% |
| Belarus | 99.9% |
| Belgium | 100.0% |
| Belize | 94.8% |
| Benin | 69.3% |
| Bermuda | 100.0% |
| Bhutan | 99.4% |
| Bolivia | 93.0% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 96.1% |
| Botswana | 91.7% |
| Brazil | 99.9% |
| Brunei Darussalam | 100.0% |
| Bulgaria | 99.2% |
| Burkina Faso | 49.5% |
| Burundi | 65.8% |
| Cabo Verde | 91.1% |
| Cambodia | 81.9% |
| Cameroon | 70.7% |
| Canada | 98.3% |
| Cayman Islands | 95.5% |
| Central African Republic | 36.4% |
| Chad | 52.1% |
| Chile | 99.0% |
| China | 96.1% |
| Colombia | 97.0% |
| Comoros | 85.2% |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 35.4% |
| Costa Rica | 99.8% |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 77.0% |
| Croatia | 99.9% |
| Curacao | 100.0% |
| Cyprus | 99.7% |
| Czechia | 98.7% |
| Denmark | 100.0% |
| Djibouti | 79.4% |
| Dominica | 96.9% |
| Dominican Republic | 97.4% |
| Ecuador | 91.9% |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 97.4% |
| El Salvador | 91.2% |
| Estonia | 100.0% |
| Eswatini | 79.2% |
| Ethiopia | 54.1% |
| Faroe Islands | 100.0% |
| Fiji | 95.5% |
| Finland | 100.0% |
| France | 100.0% |
| Gabon | 88.5% |
| Gambia, The | 86.7% |
| Georgia | 97.2% |
| Germany | 100.0% |
| Ghana | 88.9% |
| Greece | 100.0% |
| Greenland | 100.0% |
| Guatemala | 93.0% |
| Guinea | 73.4% |
| Guinea-Bissau | 61.7% |
| Guyana | 95.6% |
| Haiti | 72.6% |
| Honduras | 95.4% |
| Hong Kong SAR, China | 100.0% |
| Hungary | 100.0% |
| Iceland | 100.0% |
| India | 95.1% |
| Indonesia | 89.4% |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | 97.7% |
| Iraq | 98.4% |
| Ireland | 97.1% |
| Israel | 100.0% |
| Italy | 99.9% |
| Jamaica | 87.9% |
| Japan | 99.2% |
| Jordan | 99.3% |
| Kazakhstan | 97.8% |
| Kenya | 64.8% |
| Kiribati | 78.9% |
| Korea, Rep. | 100.0% |
| Kuwait | 100.0% |
| Kyrgyz Republic | 94.3% |
| Lao PDR | 92.6% |
| Latvia | 98.7% |
| Lebanon | 92.6% |
| Lesotho | 77.5% |
| Liberia | 78.2% |
| Libya | 96.1% |
| Lithuania | 99.9% |
| Luxembourg | 100.0% |
| Macao SAR, China | 100.0% |
| Madagascar | 54.5% |
| Malawi | 72.2% |
| Malaysia | 97.9% |
| Maldives | 99.7% |
| Mali | 85.1% |
| Malta | 100.0% |
| Marshall Islands | 87.5% |
| Mauritania | 76.4% |
| Mauritius | 99.9% |
| Mexico | 99.4% |
| Moldova | 92.3% |
| Mongolia | 85.3% |
| Montenegro | 99.3% |
| Morocco | 91.2% |
| Mozambique | 64.5% |
| Myanmar | 85.6% |
| Namibia | 86.1% |
| Naoero | 97.9% |
| Nepal | 93.1% |
| Netherlands | 100.0% |
| New Zealand | 100.0% |
| Niger | 52.8% |
| Nigeria | 81.1% |
| North Macedonia | 98.2% |
| Norway | 100.0% |
| Oman | 92.6% |
| Pakistan | 90.7% |
| Palau | 99.5% |
| Panama | 95.1% |
| Papua New Guinea | 52.3% |
| Paraguay | 99.6% |
| Peru | 95.1% |
| Philippines | 95.5% |
| Poland | 90.6% |
| Portugal | 99.3% |
| Puerto Rico (US) | 100.0% |
| Qatar | 100.0% |
| Romania | 100.0% |
| Russian Federation | 96.9% |
| Rwanda | 60.8% |
| Samoa | 98.9% |
| San Marino | 100.0% |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 77.8% |
| Saudi Arabia | 99.0% |
| Senegal | 86.9% |
| Serbia | 95.4% |
| Seychelles | 97.6% |
| Sierra Leone | 66.9% |
| Singapore | 100.0% |
| Slovak Republic | 99.8% |
| Slovenia | 99.6% |
| Solomon Islands | 71.5% |
| Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 72.8% |
| South Africa | 90.4% |
| Spain | 99.9% |
| Sri Lanka | 90.2% |
| St. Lucia | 98.1% |
| Sudan | 64.0% |
| Suriname | 98.0% |
| Sweden | 99.8% |
| Switzerland | 100.0% |
| Tajikistan | 89.2% |
| Tanzania | 63.1% |
| Thailand | 100.0% |
| Timor-Leste | 85.9% |
| Togo | 63.8% |
| Tonga | 98.9% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 99.1% |
| Tunisia | 96.3% |
| Turkiye | 96.0% |
| Turkmenistan | 99.9% |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 98.8% |
| Tuvalu | 98.8% |
| Uganda | 61.3% |
| Ukraine | 93.5% |
| United Arab Emirates | 100.0% |
| United Kingdom | 100.0% |
| United States | 100.0% |
| Uruguay | 99.6% |
| Uzbekistan | 97.0% |
| Vanuatu | 87.1% |
| Viet Nam | 98.2% |
| West Bank and Gaza | 98.8% |
| Zambia | 72.4% |
| Zimbabwe | 67.2% |

Snapshot retrieval: 2026-11-01. Coverage is limited to the atlas comparison set. [Download and limitations](https://www.pluraterra.com/data/).