Bangladesh
Capital: Dhaka · Lower middle income · Pop. 173.6 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Bangladesh, 59.13% 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 70.9 million people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 37.32% use safely managed sanitation services and 67.62% have at least a basic service (2024).
Bangladesh has about 620 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 34% of those internal resources annually (medium water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 88% of Bangladesh's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Bangladesh have safe drinking water?
59.13% of Bangladesh's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 70.9 million people do not.
Does Bangladesh have enough freshwater?
Bangladesh has roughly 620 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 34% of it annually (medium stress).