China
Capital: Beijing · Upper middle income · Pop. 1.41 billion
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT)
Sanitation tracks closely: 68.87% use safely managed sanitation services and 97.27% have at least a basic service (2024).
China has about 1,992 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 20% of those internal resources annually (low-medium water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 62% of China's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in China have safe drinking water?
Comprehensive safely-managed drinking-water data is not available for China; basic-service estimates may exist.
Does China have enough freshwater?
China has roughly 1,992 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 20% of it annually (low-medium stress).