Viet Nam
Capital: Hanoi · Lower middle income · Pop. 101.0 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Viet Nam, 58.58% 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 41.8 million people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 45.37% use safely managed sanitation services and 95.45% have at least a basic service (2024).
Viet Nam has about 3,606 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 23% of those internal resources annually (low-medium water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 95% of Viet Nam's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Viet Nam have safe drinking water?
58.58% of Viet Nam's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 41.8 million people do not.
Does Viet Nam have enough freshwater?
Viet Nam has roughly 3,606 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 23% of it annually (low-medium stress).