Algeria
Capital: Algiers · Upper middle income · Pop. 46.8 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Algeria, 69.03% 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 14.5 million people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 62.49% use safely managed sanitation services and 85.91% have at least a basic service (2024).
Algeria has about 247 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year — below the ~1,000 m³ threshold widely used to define water scarcity. It withdraws the equivalent of 92% of those internal resources annually (high water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 67% of Algeria's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Algeria have safe drinking water?
69.03% of Algeria's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 14.5 million people do not.
Does Algeria have enough freshwater?
Algeria has roughly 247 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 92% of it annually (high stress).