Romania
Capital: Bucharest · High income · Pop. 19.1 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Romania, 82.18% 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 3.4 million people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 89.8% use safely managed sanitation services and 90.54% have at least a basic service (2024).
Romania has about 2,225 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 19% of those internal resources annually (low-medium water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 36% of Romania's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Romania have safe drinking water?
82.18% of Romania's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 3.4 million people do not.
Does Romania have enough freshwater?
Romania has roughly 2,225 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 19% of it annually (low-medium stress).