Ireland
Capital: Dublin · High income · Pop. 5.4 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Ireland, 96.13% 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 208,817 people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 81.26% use safely managed sanitation services and 89.73% have at least a basic service (2024).
Ireland has about 9,400 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 3% of those internal resources annually (low water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 2% of Ireland's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Ireland have safe drinking water?
96.13% of Ireland's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 208,817 people do not.
Does Ireland have enough freshwater?
Ireland has roughly 9,400 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 3% of it annually (low stress).