Portugal
Capital: Lisbon · High income · Pop. 10.7 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Portugal, 95.22% 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 511,206 people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 93.92% use safely managed sanitation services and 99.66% have at least a basic service (2024).
Portugal has about 3,642 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 16% of those internal resources annually (low-medium water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 55% of Portugal's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Portugal have safe drinking water?
95.22% of Portugal's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 511,206 people do not.
Does Portugal have enough freshwater?
Portugal has roughly 3,642 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 16% of it annually (low-medium stress).