Belarus
Capital: Minsk · Upper middle income · Pop. 9.1 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Belarus, 93.06% 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 633,804 people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 74.44% use safely managed sanitation services and 99.75% have at least a basic service (2024).
Belarus has about 3,684 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 4% of those internal resources annually (low water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 27% of Belarus's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Belarus have safe drinking water?
93.06% of Belarus's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 633,804 people do not.
Does Belarus have enough freshwater?
Belarus has roughly 3,684 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 4% of it annually (low stress).