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Where the Most People Lack Safe Drinking Water

The countries with the largest populations without safely managed drinking water — the scale of the global gap.

India leads "Where the Most People Lack Safe Drinking Water" at 341.8M.

Where the Most People Lack Safe Drinking WaterThe countries with the largest populations without safely managed drinking water — the scale of the global gap.
#CountryPeople without safe water
1India
76.44% have safe water
341.8M
2Indonesia
30.46% have safe water
197.1M
3Nigeria
29.9% have safe water
163.1M
4Pakistan
44.97% have safe water
138.3M
5Ethiopia
13.55% have safe water
114.2M
6Congo, Dem. Rep.
11.87% have safe water
96.3M
7Mexico
42.97% have safe water
74.6M
8Bangladesh
59.13% have safe water
70.9M
9Philippines
48.48% have safe water
59.7M
10Tanzania
31.33% have safe water
47.1M
11Viet Nam
58.58% have safe water
41.8M
12Uganda
18.1% have safe water
41.0M
13Russian Federation
76.26% have safe water
34.1M
14Afghanistan
30.55% have safe water
29.6M
15Mozambique
27.54% have safe water
25.1M
16Madagascar
22.06% have safe water
24.9M
17Nepal
16.49% have safe water
24.8M
18Egypt, Arab Rep.
78.94% have safe water
24.5M
19Brazil
88.62% have safe water
24.1M
20Myanmar
59.72% have safe water
22.0M

Method: Estimated from each country's safely-managed-water share and population.

Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · most recent per country (2022–2024)

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