Mongolia
Capital: Ulaanbaatar · Upper middle income · Pop. 3.5 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Mongolia, 43.36% 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 2.0 million people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 69.95% use safely managed sanitation services and 74.28% have at least a basic service (2024).
Mongolia has about 10,135 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 54% of Mongolia's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Mongolia have safe drinking water?
43.36% of Mongolia's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 2.0 million people do not.
Does Mongolia have enough freshwater?
Mongolia has roughly 10,135 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 1% of it annually (low stress).