Safe Drinking Water Availability Map

Safe Drinking Water Availability Map shows a world map where countries have been colored using different colors according to availability of safe drinking water by total population.
North America, Russia, Europe, Australia etc are areas where the percentage of safe drinking water access by total population is over 90%. In China, most of South America, India etc the percentage of safe drinking water access by total population is 75-90%. White drops have been used to indicate areas where water availability is under 80 litre per person per day. The white drops can be seen in all the developing countries. As can be seen in the Safe Drinking Water Availability Map, blue drops have been used to show areas where water availability is under 320 litre per person per day. It is so in all the developed countries.

Access to safe water can be measured by the number of people who have a reasonable means of getting sufficient water that is safe for drinking. Availability of safe drinking water is an indicator of the health of a country. A developed country will be more efficient in collecting, cleaning and distributing water to consumers. It is a sad fact but is true that ninety percent of urban sewage in the developing world is discharged into rivers and other water bodies. In the developing world, millions of residents lack a source of safe drinking water near their homes. People get safe drinking water from various sources such as household connection, borehole, protected dug well, public standpipe etc.

Availability of Safe Drinking Water (%), 2015
Country	(% of population with access)
American Samoa	100
Andorra	100
Armenia	100
Australia	100
Austria	100
Bahrain	100
Barbados	100
Belarus	100
Belgium	100
Belize	100
Bhutan	100
Bosnia and Herzegovina	100
Canada	100
Croatia	100
Cyprus	100
Czech Republic	100
Denmark	100
Estonia	100
Finland	100
France	100
French Polynesia	100
Georgia	100
Germany	100
Greece	100
Greenland	100
Guam	100
Hungary	100
Iceland	100
Israel	100
Italy	100
Japan	100
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	100
Luxembourg	100
Malta	100
Mauritius	100
Monaco	100
Montenegro	100
Netherlands	100
New Zealand	100
Norway	100
Portugal	100
Qatar	100
Romania	100
Singapore	100
Slovak Republic	100
Slovenia	100
Spain	100
Sweden	100
Switzerland	100
Tonga	100
Turkey	100
United Arab Emirates	100
United Kingdom	100
Uruguay	100
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	100
Argentina	99
Bulgaria	99
Chile	99
Egypt, Arab Rep.	99
Kuwait	99
Latvia	99
Lebanon	99
Macedonia, FYR	99
Maldives	99
New Caledonia	99
Samoa	99
Serbia	99
United States	99
Antigua and Barbuda	98
Aruba	98
Bahamas, The	98
Brazil	98
Costa Rica	98
Guyana	98
Ireland	98
Malaysia	98
Northern Mariana Islands	98
Paraguay	98
Poland	98
St. Kitts and Nevis	98
Thailand	98
Tunisia	98
Tuvalu	98
Vietnam	98
Cayman Islands	97
Grenada	97
Jordan	97
Lithuania	97
Nauru	97
Russian Federation	97
Sao Tome and Principe	97
Saudi Arabia	97
Botswana	96
China	96
Fiji	96
Iran, Islamic Rep.	96
Mexico	96
Seychelles	96
Sri Lanka	96
St. Lucia	96
Ukraine	96
Albania	95
Cuba	95
Marshall Islands	95
Panama	95
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	95
Suriname	95
Trinidad and Tobago	95
Vanuatu	95
El Salvador	94
India	94
Jamaica	94
Gabon	93
Guatemala	93
Kazakhstan	93
Oman	93
South Africa	93
Venezuela, RB	93
Cabo Verde	92
Nepal	92
Philippines	92
Colombia	91
Honduras	91
Namibia	91
Pakistan	91
Bolivia	90
Comoros	90
Djibouti	90
Gambia, The	90
Kyrgyz Republic	90
Malawi	90
Syrian Arab Republic	90
Ghana	89
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	89
Moldova	88
Azerbaijan	87
Bangladesh	87
Ecuador	87
Indonesia	87
Iraq	87
Nicaragua	87
Peru	87
Dominican Republic	85
Morocco	85
Algeria	84
Burkina Faso	82
Cote d'Ivoire	82
Lesotho	82
Myanmar	81
Solomon Islands	81
Guinea-Bissau	79
Senegal	79
Uganda	79
Benin	78
Congo, Rep.	77
Guinea	77
Mali	77
Zimbabwe	77
Burundi	76
Cambodia	76
Cameroon	76
Lao PDR	76
Liberia	76
Rwanda	76
Eswatini(Swaziland)	74
Tajikistan	74
Timor-Leste	72
Central African Republic	69
Nigeria	69
Kiribati	67
Zambia	65
Mongolia	64
Kenya	63
Sierra Leone	63
Togo	63
South Sudan	59
Eritrea	58
Haiti	58
Mauritania	58
Niger	58
West Bank and Gaza	58
Ethiopia	57
Tanzania	56
Afghanistan	55
Congo, Dem. Rep.	52
Madagascar	52
Chad	51
Mozambique	51
Angola	49
Equatorial Guinea	48
Papua New Guinea	40
Bermuda	NA
British Virgin Islands	NA
Brunei Darussalam	NA
Channel Islands	NA
Curacao	NA
Dominica	NA
Faroe Islands	NA
Gibraltar	NA
Hong Kong SAR, China	NA
Isle of Man	NA
Korea, Rep.	NA
Kosovo	NA
Libya	NA
Liechtenstein	NA
Macao SAR, China	NA
Palau	NA
Puerto Rico	NA
San Marino	NA
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	NA
Somalia	NA
St. Martin (French part)	NA
Sudan	NA
Turkmenistan	NA
Turks and Caicos Islands	NA
Uzbekistan	NA
Yemen, Rep.	NA

Source: http://data.worldbank.org/

Last Updated on: April 28, 2017