Norway
Capital: Oslo · High income · Pop. 5.6 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Norway, 99.06% 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 52,379 people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 77.93% use safely managed sanitation services and 98.05% have at least a basic service (2024).
Norway has about 70,000 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 31% of Norway's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Norway have safe drinking water?
99.06% of Norway's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 52,379 people do not.
Does Norway have enough freshwater?
Norway has roughly 70,000 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 1% of it annually (low stress).