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Water by country

How 217 countries compare on safe drinking water, sanitation, freshwater resources, and water stress — real figures from the World Bank, WHO/UNICEF, and FAO.

Worldwide, an estimated 1.97 billion people still lack safely managed drinking water at home.

Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · most recent per country

Global rankings

Where the Most People Lack Safe Drinking Water

India leads "Where the Most People Lack Safe Drinking Water" at 341.8M.

Countries With the Least Access to Safe Drinking Water

Central African Republic leads "Countries With the Least Access to Safe Drinking Water" at 6.22%.

The Most Water-Stressed Countries

Egypt, Arab Rep. leads "The Most Water-Stressed Countries" at 7,750%.

Countries With the Least Freshwater Per Person

Kuwait leads "Countries With the Least Freshwater Per Person" at 0 m³.

South Asia

· 6
Bangladesh59.13% Bhutan65.59% India76.44% Maldives Nepal16.49% Sri Lanka46.93%

East Asia & Pacific

· 37
American Samoa90.54% Australia Brunei Darussalam Cambodia29.99% China Fiji42.11% French Polynesia90.45% Guam94% Hong Kong SAR, China100% Indonesia30.46% Japan98.73% Kiribati15.09% Korea, Dem. People's Rep.66.61% Korea, Rep.99.28% Lao PDR35.19% Macao SAR, China100% Malaysia94.7% Marshall Islands Micronesia, Fed. Sts. Mongolia43.36% Myanmar59.72% Nauru18.66% New Caledonia96.87% New Zealand100% Northern Mariana Islands81.45% Palau90.78% Papua New Guinea Philippines48.48% Samoa62.5% Singapore100% Solomon Islands Thailand Timor-Leste Tonga29.6% Tuvalu8.72% Vanuatu19.2% Viet Nam58.58%

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

· 23
Afghanistan30.55% Algeria69.03% Bahrain98.9% Djibouti Egypt, Arab Rep.78.94% Iran, Islamic Rep.94.41% Iraq59.83% Israel99.46% Jordan88.95% Kuwait100% Lebanon47.7% Libya Malta99.83% Morocco79.98% Oman91.1% Pakistan44.97% Qatar95.35% Saudi Arabia Syrian Arab Republic Tunisia64.98% United Arab Emirates98.64% West Bank and Gaza80.64% Yemen, Rep.

Europe & Central Asia

· 58
Albania70.79% Andorra90.64% Armenia82.07% Austria98.89% Azerbaijan57.81% Belarus93.06% Belgium99.55% Bosnia and Herzegovina86.4% Bulgaria96.21% Channel Islands Croatia87.27% Cyprus99.72% Czechia98.14% Denmark99.92% Estonia98.94% Faroe Islands Finland99.65% France99.71% Georgia70.53% Germany99.92% Gibraltar100% Greece96.69% Greenland Hungary100% Iceland100% Ireland96.13% Isle of Man99.91% Italy96.76% Kazakhstan91.55% Kosovo Kyrgyz Republic73.88% Latvia97.01% Liechtenstein100% Lithuania96.73% Luxembourg99.65% Moldova75.82% Monaco100% Montenegro85.5% Netherlands99.96% North Macedonia80.79% Norway99.06% Poland88.68% Portugal95.22% Romania82.18% Russian Federation76.26% San Marino100% Serbia74.97% Slovak Republic99.57% Slovenia99.57% Spain99.46% Sweden99.76% Switzerland96.7% Tajikistan65.11% Turkiye Turkmenistan94.85% Ukraine87.87% United Kingdom99.82% Uzbekistan81.93%

North America

· 3
Bermuda Canada96.89% United States97.57%

Percentages show the share of each country's population using safely managed drinking water (latest available year).