Turkiye
Capital: Ankara · Upper middle income · Pop. 85.5 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT)
Sanitation tracks closely: 78.86% use safely managed sanitation services and 99.28% have at least a basic service (2024).
Turkiye has about 2,671 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 28% of those internal resources annually (medium water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 87% of Turkiye's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Turkiye have safe drinking water?
Comprehensive safely-managed drinking-water data is not available for Turkiye; basic-service estimates may exist.
Does Turkiye have enough freshwater?
Turkiye has roughly 2,671 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 28% of it annually (medium stress).