France
Capital: Paris · High income · Pop. 68.6 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In France, 99.71% 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 198,800 people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 89.99% use safely managed sanitation services and 98.64% have at least a basic service (2024).
France has about 2,933 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 12% of those internal resources annually (low-medium water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 10% of France's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in France have safe drinking water?
99.71% of France's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 198,800 people do not.
Does France have enough freshwater?
France has roughly 2,933 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 12% of it annually (low-medium stress).