Czechia
Capital: Prague · High income · Pop. 10.9 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Czechia, 98.14% 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 202,834 people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 91.38% use safely managed sanitation services and 99.07% have at least a basic service (2024).
Czechia has about 1,232 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 11% of those internal resources annually (low-medium water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 3% of Czechia's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Czechia have safe drinking water?
98.14% of Czechia's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 202,834 people do not.
Does Czechia have enough freshwater?
Czechia has roughly 1,232 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 11% of it annually (low-medium stress).