Latvia
Capital: Riga · High income · Pop. 1.9 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Latvia, 97.01% 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 55,797 people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 92.53% use safely managed sanitation services and 92.53% have at least a basic service (2024).
Latvia has about 9,014 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 1% of those internal resources annually (low water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 29% of Latvia's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Latvia have safe drinking water?
97.01% of Latvia's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 55,797 people do not.
Does Latvia have enough freshwater?
Latvia has roughly 9,014 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 1% of it annually (low stress).