Georgia
Capital: Tbilisi · Upper middle income · Pop. 3.7 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Georgia, 70.53% 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 1.1 million people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 62.97% use safely managed sanitation services and 90.68% have at least a basic service (2024).
Georgia has about 15,658 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 34% of Georgia's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Georgia have safe drinking water?
70.53% of Georgia's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 1.1 million people do not.
Does Georgia have enough freshwater?
Georgia has roughly 15,658 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 2% of it annually (low stress).