Map of World Countries by Improved Water Source (% of Population With Access)

List of Countries by Improved Water Source (% of Population With Access)

Access to an improved water source refers to the percentage of the population using an improved drinking water source. The improved drinking water source includes piped water on premises (piped household water connection located inside the user’s dwelling, plot or yard), and other improved drinking water sources (public taps or standpipes, tube wells or boreholes, protected dug wells, protected springs, and rainwater collection).

Country Name	Country Code	2000	2010	2015
India	IND	80.6	90.3	94.1
China	CHN	80.3	91.4	95.5
Nepal	NPL	77.1	87.0	91.6
Bangladesh	BGD	76	83.5	86.9
Bhutan	BTN	83.9	96	100
Myanmar	MMR	66.6	78.1	80.6
Sri Lanka	LKA	79.7	91.1	95.6
Pakistan	PAK	88.5	90.5	91.4
Afghanistan	AFG	30.3	48	55.3
Tajikistan	TJK	59.6	69.7	73.8
Kyrgyz Republic	KGZ	78.4	86.1	90
Kazakhstan	KAZ	93.8	93.2	92.9
Uzbekistan	UZB	88.7	87.3	N/A
Turkmenistan	TKM	59.6		N/A
Azerbaijan	AZE	74.1	82.8	87
Georgia	GEO	89.3	96.8	100
Russian Federation	RUS	94.9	96.3	96.9
Ukraine	UKR	97.6	96.7	96.2
Moldova	MDA	85.1	87.4	88.4
Saudi Arabia	SAU	95.0	97.0	97.0
Yemen, Rep.	YEM	59.9	54.6	N/A
Oman	OMN	84.0	91.7	93.4
Iran, Islamic Rep.	IRN	94.1	95.8	96.2
Iraq	IRQ	80.4	85.1	86.6
Turkey	TUR	92.6	98.6	100
Syrian Arab Republic	SYR	87.5	89.7	90.1
Egypt, Arab Rep.	EGY	95.9	98.3	99.4
Sudan	SDN	62.0	54.9	N/A
Jordan	JOR	96.8	96.9	96.9
Lebanon	LBN	85.7	97.7	99.0
Israel	ISR	100	100	100
Kuwait	KWT	99	99	99
Qatar	QAT	99.1	100.0	100
United Arab Emirates	ARE	99.7	99.6	99.6
Cyprus	CYP	100	100	100
Ethiopia	ETH	28.9	47.8	57.3
Eritrea	ERI	51.0	56.4	57.8
Djibouti	DJI	82.3	89.2	90
Somalia	SOM	23.5	31.4	N/A
Kenya	KEN	51.8	60	63.2
Belarus	BLR	99.5	99.6	99.7
Latvia	LVA	98.3	98.9	99.3
Estonia	EST	99.0	99.5	99.6
Lithuania	LTU	91.0	95.0	96.6
Poland	POL	95.9	97.6	98.3
Slovak Republic	SVK	99.8	100.0	100
Hungary	HUN	98.2	100	100
Romania	ROU	85.3	96.9	100
Serbia	SRB	99.4	99.3	99.2
Bulgaria	BGR	99.7	99.5	99.4
Mongolia	MNG	56.3	62.9	64.4
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	PRK	99.9	99.7	99.7
Korea, Rep.	KOR	93.4	97.6	N/A
Japan	JPN	100	100	100
Philippines	PHL	87.1	90.1	91.8
Brunei Darussalam	BRN			N/A
Malaysia	MYS	94.1	97.3	98.2
Vietnam	VNM	77.4	91.3	97.6
Cambodia	KHM	41.6	64.2	75.5
Thailand	THA	91.9	96.4	97.8
Indonesia	IDN	77.9	84.5	87.4
Timor-Leste	TLS	54.3	68.2	71.9
Papua New Guinea	PNG	35.1	39.1	40.0
Australia	AUS	100	100	100
New Zealand	NZL	100.0	100.0	100
Finland	FIN	100.0	100.0	100
Sweden	SWE	100.0	100.0	100
Norway	NOR	100.0	100.0	100
Czech Republic	CZE	99.8	100	100
Austria	AUT	100	100	100
Slovenia	SVN	99.6	99.5	99.5
Croatia	HRV	98.3	99.2	99.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	97.5	99.2	99.9
Montenegro	MNE	97.1	98.9	99.7
Macedonia, FYR	MKD	99.3	99.4	99.4
Albania	ALB	96.1	95.6	95.1
Greece	GRC	98.8	100	100
Switzerland	CHE	100	100	100
Italy	ITA	100	100	100
Germany	DEU	100	100	100
Denmark	DNK	100	100	100
Netherlands	NLD	100.0	100.0	100
Belgium	BEL	100	100	100
France	FRA	100.0	100.0	100
Spain	ESP	99.9	100.0	100
Portugal	PRT	98.0	99.6	100
United Kingdom	GBR	100	100	100
Ireland	IRL	96.3	97.4	97.9
Iceland	ISL	100	100	100
Greenland	GRL	100	100	100
Canada	CAN	99.8	99.8	99.8
United States	USA	98.8	99.1	99.2
Mexico	MEX	88.6	94.1	96.1
Guatemala	GTM	83.9	90.7	92.8
Belize	BLZ	85.1	97.2	99.5
El Salvador	SLV	81.6	90.1	93.8
Honduras	HND	80.8	88.0	91.2
Nicaragua	NIC	78.9	85.0	87.0
Costa Rica	CRI	95.1	97.2	97.8
Panama	PAN	89.5	93.1	94.7
Cuba	CUB	90.6	93.5	94.9
Haiti	HTI	60.8	59.3	57.7
Bahamas, The	BHS	96.6	98.1	98.4
Colombia	COL	89.9	91	91.4
Venezuela, RB	VEN	91.1	92.7	93.1
Guyana	GUY	86.2	94.2	98.3
Suriname	SUR	89.3	93.9	94.8
Ecuador	ECU	79.7	84.9	86.9
Peru	PER	79.8	84.6	86.7
Brazil	BRA	93.5	96.9	98.1
Paraguay	PRY	73.4	90.3	98.0
Bolivia	BOL	78.6	86.9	90
Chile	CHL	94.9	98.2	99
Uruguay	URY	96.8	98.9	99.7
Argentina	ARG	96.3	98.2	99.1
Tanzania	TZA	54.4	55.2	55.6
Mozambique	MOZ	41.1	48.5	51.1
Madagascar	MDG	38	46.9	51.5
Eswatini(Swaziland)	SWZ	51.9	70.4	74.1
Lesotho	LSO	79.0	80.8	81.8
South Africa	ZAF	86.5	91.1	93.2
Namibia	NAM	78.5	87.3	91.0
Botswana	BWA	94.7	95.9	96.2
Zimbabwe	ZWE	79.4	77.9	76.9
Zambia	ZMB	53	61.4	65.4
Angola	AGO	45.7	47.1	49
Malawi	MWI	62.5	81.0	90.2
Congo, Dem. Rep.	COD	47.1	50.7	52.4
Congo, Rep.	COG	69.2	74.3	76.5
Uganda	UGA	56.4	72.5	79.0
Gabon	GAB	83.8	91.1	93.2
Equatorial Guinea	GNQ	47.3	47.5	47.9
Cameroon	CMR	61.7	72.1	75.6
Nigeria	NGA	51.8	63.4	68.5
Benin	BEN	66	74.5	77.9
Togo	TGO	53.6	59.8	63.1
Ghana	GHA	70.5	83.1	88.7
Chad	TCD	44.7	49.7	50.8
Niger	NER	43.7	54.0	58.2
Mali	MLI	46.6	66.9	77.0
Burkina Faso	BFA	59.9	78.2	82.3
Cote d'Ivoire	CIV	77.9	80.7	81.9
Guinea	GIN	62.7	72.8	76.8
Sierra Leone	SLE	47.2	57.4	62.6
Liberia	LBR	62.4	71.1	75.6
Guinea-Bissau	GNB	52.1	69.8	79.3
Senegal	SEN	67.4	74.8	78.5
Mauritania	MRT	42.0	54.3	57.9
Morocco	MAR	78.3	83.5	85.4
Algeria	DZA	89.5	85.7	83.6
Tunisia	TUN	89.9	95.8	97.7
Libya	LBY	71.2		N/A
Armenia	ARM	92.6	98.4	100
South Sudan	SSD			58.7
Luxembourg	LUX	100	100	100
American Samoa	ASM	97.8	100	100
Andorra	AND	100	100	100
Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	97.7	97.9	97.9
Aruba	ABW	94.2	97.4	98.1
Bahrain	BHR	98.9	100	100
Barbados	BRB	97.6	99.1	99.7
Bermuda	BMU			N/A
British Virgin Islands	VGB	94.8		N/A
Burundi	BDI	71.8	74.7	75.9
Cabo Verde	CPV	82.4	88.9	91.7
Cayman Islands	CYM	93.3	96.7	97.4
Channel Islands	CHI			N/A
Comoros	COM	90.1	90.1	90.1
Curacao	CUW			N/A
Dominica	DMA	94.5		N/A
Dominican Republic	DOM	86.8	85.9	84.7
Faroe Islands	FRO			N/A
Fiji	FJI	90.7	95.1	95.7
French Polynesia	PYF	100.0	100.0	100
Gambia, The	GMB	82.7	88.9	90.2
Gibraltar	GIB			N/A
Grenada	GRD	96.6	96.6	96.6
Guam	GUM	99.6	99.5	99.5
High income	HIC	98.8	99.4	99.5
Hong Kong SAR, China	HKG			N/A
Isle of Man	IMN			N/A
Jamaica	JAM	93.5	93.7	93.8
Kiribati	KIR	58.9	65.4	66.9
Kosovo	KSV			N/A
Lao PDR	LAO	45.5	67.5	75.7
Liechtenstein	LIE			N/A
Low income	LIC	52.4	61.2	65.6
Macao SAR, China	MAC			N/A
Maldives	MDV	95.2	98.3	98.6
Malta	MLT	100.0	100.0	100
Marshall Islands	MHL	93.1	94.3	94.6
Mauritius	MUS	99.2	99.7	99.9
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	FSM	90.1	89.2	89
Monaco	MCO	100	100	100
Nauru	NRU	93.0	95.7	96.5
New Caledonia	NCL	94.0	98.0	98.5
Northern Mariana Islands	MNP	95.6	97.2	97.5
OECD members	OED	97.7	98.9	99.3
Palau	PLW	92.2	95.2	N/A
Puerto Rico	PRI	93.6		N/A
Rwanda	RWA	66.3	73.1	76.1
Samoa	WSM	93.3	97.6	99
San Marino	SMR			N/A
Sao Tome and Principe	STP	78.2	95.3	97.1
Seychelles	SYC	95.7	95.7	95.7
Singapore	SGP	100.0	100.0	100
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	SXM			N/A
Small states	SST	85.1	89.9	91.3
Solomon Islands	SLB	79.7	80.4	80.8
St. Kitts and Nevis	KNA	98.3	98.3	98.3
St. Lucia	LCA	94.2	95.6	96.3
St. Martin (French part)	MAF			N/A
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	VCT	93.5	95.1	95.1
Tonga	TON	98.6	99.2	99.6
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	93.3	95.0	95.1
Turks and Caicos Islands	TCA	87.1		N/A
Tuvalu	TUV	94.0	97.7	97.7
Vanuatu	VUT	75.8	88.4	94.5
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	VIR	100.0	100.0	100
West Bank and Gaza	PSE	90.9	69.5	58.4
World	WLD	82.5	88.4	91.0

Last Updated on : November 26, 2016