Afghanistan
Capital: Kabul · Low income · Pop. 42.6 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Afghanistan, 30.55% of the population uses safely managed drinking water — an improved source, located on premises, available when needed, and free from contamination (2024 estimate). That leaves roughly 29.6 million people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 24.78% use safely managed sanitation services and 54.5% have at least a basic service (2024).
Afghanistan has about 1,162 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 43% of those internal resources annually (medium water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 98% of Afghanistan's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Afghanistan have safe drinking water?
30.55% of Afghanistan's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 29.6 million people do not.
Does Afghanistan have enough freshwater?
Afghanistan has roughly 1,162 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 43% of it annually (medium stress).