Belgium
Capital: Brussels · High income · Pop. 11.9 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Belgium, 99.55% 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 53,364 people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 94.9% use safely managed sanitation services and 99.49% have at least a basic service (2024).
Belgium has about 1,027 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 36% of those internal resources annually (medium water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 1% of Belgium's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Belgium have safe drinking water?
99.55% of Belgium's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 53,364 people do not.
Does Belgium have enough freshwater?
Belgium has roughly 1,027 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 36% of it annually (medium stress).