Cambodia
Capital: Phnom Penh · Lower middle income · Pop. 17.6 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Cambodia, 29.99% 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 12.3 million people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 51.6% use safely managed sanitation services and 83.34% have at least a basic service (2024).
Cambodia has about 7,011 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 2% of those internal resources annually (low water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 94% of Cambodia's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Cambodia have safe drinking water?
29.99% of Cambodia's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 12.3 million people do not.
Does Cambodia have enough freshwater?
Cambodia has roughly 7,011 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 2% of it annually (low stress).