Uzbekistan
Capital: Tashkent · Lower middle income · Pop. 36.4 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Uzbekistan, 81.93% 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 6.6 million people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 74.6% use safely managed sanitation services and 96.55% have at least a basic service (2024).
Uzbekistan has about 468 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year — below the ~1,000 m³ threshold widely used to define water scarcity. It withdraws the equivalent of 263% of those internal resources annually (extreme (over-extraction) water stress), meaning it relies on rivers from outside its borders, desalination, or drawing down stored reserves.
Agriculture accounts for about 92% of Uzbekistan's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Uzbekistan have safe drinking water?
81.93% of Uzbekistan's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 6.6 million people do not.
Does Uzbekistan have enough freshwater?
Uzbekistan has roughly 468 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 263% of it annually (extreme (over-extraction) stress).