Austria
Capital: Vienna · High income · Pop. 9.2 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Austria, 98.89% 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 101,876 people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 98.5% use safely managed sanitation services and 99.97% have at least a basic service (2024).
Austria has about 6,083 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 6% of those internal resources annually (low water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 5% of Austria's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Austria have safe drinking water?
98.89% of Austria's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 101,876 people do not.
Does Austria have enough freshwater?
Austria has roughly 6,083 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 6% of it annually (low stress).