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Progress on Drinking Water (SDG target 6.1)

Access to safe drinking water in homes, healthcare facilities, schools and workplaces effectively reduces water-borne disease and malnutrition, which are leading causes of death among children under five.

  • 74 % of the world’s population uses a safely managed drinking water service (SDG indicator 6.1.1, 2024)

Available time series: 2000-2024
Number of countries (and areas) reporting in the last five years: 163
Proportion of world population covered by reporting in the last five years: 72%

Proportion of world land area covered by reporting in the last five years: 69%
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SDG target 6.1 is: ‘By 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all.’

To track progress towards the target, indicator 6.1.1 monitors the proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services.

Global status of indicator 6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services (----)

Proportion of population (%)
>90-100
>75-90
>50-75
0-50
Data Not Available
Not Applicable

Progress over time of indicator 6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services

Status in different countries (or areas) of indicator 6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services (----)

  • Australia and New Zealand
  • Eastern and South-Eastern Asia
  • Central and Southern Asia
  • Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Europe and Northern America
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)
  • Northern Africa and Western Asia

Status in different regions of indicator 6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services (----)

Status of different components of drinking water services

6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services (----)

Proportion of population using an improved drinking-water source (----)

Source data indicator 6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services

Country (or area), regional and world data for the latest year of reporting: 2007 - 2024

Country (or area), SDG region, worldYear6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services
Safely managed service At least basic service Basic service Limited service Unimproved Surface water
Afghanistan2022-202431811.1710.486.18
Albania2022-202471951.873.030
Algeria2022-202469924.930.340.07
American Samoa2021-20249110000.760
Andorra2022-202491100000
Angola2022-202457.72689.319.3913.6
Anguilla201797.489702.520
Antigua and Barbuda2022-202498.369901.420.22
Argentina2016-202499.049900.490.47
Armenia2022-202482100000.03
Aruba201697.879701.960.17
Australia2022-202499.9710000.030
Australia and New Zealand2022-202499.9710000.030
Austria2022-202499100000
Azerbaijan2022-202458981.061.290
Bahamas201998.899901.110
Bahrain2022-20249910000.080
Bangladesh2022-202459991.190.10.62
Barbados2022-202498.51990.271.220
Belarus2022-2024931000.290.530
Belgium2022-2024100100000
Belize2022-202498.41951.250.350
Benin2022-20241867.36708.0121.892.74
Bermuda2022-202499.910000.10
Bhutan2022-2024661000.650.190.03
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)2022-202494.11930.141.354.4
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba2022-2024100100000
Bosnia and Herzegovina2022-202486963.840.060
Botswana2022-20246392.57924.562.160.72
Brazil2016-20248910000.411.27
British Virgin Islands2022-202499.8610000.140
Brunei Darussalam2022-202499.9100000.1
Bulgaria2022-2024969900.940
Burkina Faso2022-202449.515029.4820.90.11
Burundi2022-202462.446619.3514.653.57
Cabo Verde2022-202489.87927.422.70
Cambodia2022-2024308311.543.187.28
Cameroon2022-202469.597114.2311.964.21
Canada2022-2024979800.780
Cayman Islands2022-202495.59504.490.01
Central African Republic2022-202463726.6433.673.4
Central and Southern Asia2022-202477953.692.160.84
Chad2022-202465212.5428.37.17
Channel Islands201791.982.1705.850
Chile2022-20249899000
China2022-202497.65960.481.780.1
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region2022-2024100100000
China, Macao Special Administrative Region2022-2024100100000
Colombia2022-202474970.210.51.76
Comoros2018-202480.218510.868.930.59
Congo2021467310.469.466.11
Cook Islands2022-202499.9710000.030
Costa Rica2022-2024811000.1900
Croatia2007-20248710000.930.39
Cuba2022-202494.65952.922.170.25
Curaçao2017-202499.510000.50
Cyprus2022-202410010000.20.04
Czechia2022-2024989900.070.05
Côte d'Ivoire2022-202436778.2513.365.53
Democratic People's Republic of Korea2021-202367940.695.430.26
Democratic Republic of the Congo2022-2024123623.9633.027.91
Denmark2022-2024100100000
Djibouti2022-202476.178014.776.82.27
Dominica2017-202495.429704.580
Dominican Republic2022-202445970.451.291.51
Eastern and South-Eastern Asia2022-202475950.672.110.5
Ecuador2022-2024709202.571.73
Egypt2022-20247998.77970.240.980.01
El Salvador2022-202498.59920.201.21
Equatorial Guinea201764.67652.9626.046.34
Eritrea201651.855217.613.4517.1
Estonia2022-202499100000
Eswatini2022-20243873.47809.917.439.19
Ethiopia2022-202414562816.034.45
Europe and Northern America2022-202494990.340.760.04
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)2020-202495.319504.690
Faroe Islands2022-2024100100000
Fiji2022-202442960.751.941.82
Finland2022-2024100100000
France2022-2024100100000
French Guiana2022-2024929505.640
French Polynesia2022-202490100000
Gabon2022-202486.93897.973.481.63
Gambia2022-202448875.918.390.05
Georgia2022-202471972.742.280.01
Germany2022-2024100100000
Ghana2022-202443905.941.624.07
Gibraltar2022-2024100100000
Greece2022-202497100000
Greenland2022-2024100100000
Grenada201790961.1603.21
Guadeloupe2022-20249710000.110
Guam2022-20249410000.30
Guatemala2022-202449931.032.771.58
Guinea2022-202471.457412.168.447.94
Guinea-Bissau2022-2024246214.8722.460.89
Guyana2022-20246795.86962.470.870.8
Haiti2022-202467.42739.7122.870
Honduras2022-202466961.063.140
Hungary2022-2024100100000
Iceland2022-2024100100000
India2022-20247693.3964.181.980.54
Indonesia2022-202430890.874.190.83
Iran (Islamic Republic of)2022-202494981.920.330.07
Iraq2022-202460980.8800.74
Ireland2022-2024969704.010
Isle of Man2022-202410010000.120
Israel2022-202499100000
Italy2022-20249710000.080
Jamaica2022-202491.1885.331.861.72
Japan2022-2024999900.860
Jersey20249398
Jordan2022-202489990.140.830.06
Kazakhstan2021-202492981.942.540.08
Kenya2022-202462.86668.669.3419.14
Kiribati2022-202415794.320.010
Kuwait2022-2024100100000
Kyrgyzstan2022-202474952.871.854.49
Lao People's Democratic Republic2022-202435963.4910.470.57
Latin America and the Caribbean2022-202479980.410.851.1
Latvia2022-202497990.680.420
Lebanon2022-202448937.400
Lesotho2022-2024317810.6310.255.14
Liberia2022-202475.61799.984.619.8
Libya2022-202499.899600.110
Liechtenstein2022-2024100100000
Lithuania2022-20249710001.960
Luxembourg2022-202410010000.110
Madagascar2022-202422554.5230.5511.46
Malawi2022-2024187320.865.31.97
Malaysia2007-202495980.352.490.73
Maldives2022-202499.561000.050.390
Mali2022-202483.65864.6511.010.69
Malta2022-2024100100000
Marshall Islands2022-202485.068711.073.870
Martinique2022-20249910000.280
Mauritania2022-202477.81778.9213.270
Mauritius2022-2024100100000
Mayotte2017-2023929603.632.88
Mexico2022-20244310000.290
Micronesia (Federated States of)2014-202090.119009.897
Monaco2022-2024100100000
Mongolia2022-202443867.194.215.1
Montenegro2022-202486990.550.580.01
Montserrat2022-202498.089801.920
Morocco2022-202480922.0310.950
Mozambique2022-20242863.2679.7916.6910.33
Myanmar2022-202460860.75.7711.15
Namibia2022-202485.91877.13.653.34
Nauru2019-2024199798030
Nepal2022-202416944.183.431.16
Netherlands2022-2024100100000
New Caledonia2022-20249710000.460
New Zealand2022-2024100100000
Nicaragua202055.5226.191.5113.533.25
Niger2022-202448.95319.6328.652.82
Nigeria2022-202430824.311.434.63
Niue2022-2024939802.990
North Macedonia2022-202481981.580.530.05
Northern Africa and Western Asia2022-202476925.711.940.44
Northern Mariana Islands2022-202481100000
Norway2022-202499100000
Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)2022-202459.85632.0821.1916.88
Oman2022-202491937.30.230.03
Pakistan2022-202445914.453.791.14
Palau2022-20249110000.430
Panama2022-202494.65951.852.141.37
Papua New Guinea2022-202450.24532.4126.2821.07
Paraguay2022-2024641000.400
Peru2022-202449960.593.261.35
Philippines2022-202448962.822.30
Poland2022-2024899009.630
Portugal2022-2024959900.740
Puerto Rico2022-202499100000
Qatar2022-20249510000.010
Republic of Korea2022-202499100000
Republic of Moldova2022-202476931.546.430
Romania2022-202482100000
Russian Federation2007-202476970.622.330.78
Rwanda2022-202465.16119.3210.325.26
Réunion2022-20249610000.060
Saint Barthélemy2022-2024100100000
Saint Helena2022-2024989900.90
Saint Kitts and Nevis201798.619901.390
Saint Lucia2022-202496.89981.821.290
Saint Martin (French Part)2022-20249710000.070
Saint Pierre and Miquelon2020-2024969808.60
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2016-201897.739802.270.51
Samoa2022-202463990.280.580.1
San Marino2022-2024100100000
Sao Tome and Principe2022-2024377820.320.461.87
Saudi Arabia2022-202498.65990.670.680
Senegal2022-202427882.7310.850.17
Serbia2022-202475953.870.440.02
Seychelles2018-20246596.429803.583.77
Sierra Leone2022-202411687.4316.7210.5
Singapore2022-2024100100000
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)201795.319904.690
Slovakia2022-20241001000.2100
Slovenia2022-202410010000.50
Solomon Islands2021-202467.45725.7821.165.61
Somalia2022-202458.267528.3911.891.46
South Africa2022-20246894.49902.741.121.65
South Sudan2022-202441.194037.2813.528.02
Spain2022-20249910000.070
Sri Lanka2022-202447901.796.812.09
State of Palestine2022-202481991.210.340.01
Sub-Saharan Africa2022-2024326813.7514.936.29
Sudan2022-202464.926528.863.952.27
Suriname2022-202456981.070.380.56
Sweden2022-202410010000.260
Switzerland2022-202497100000
Syrian Arab Republic2022-202494.08945.830.090
Tajikistan2022-202465892.563.4112.09
Thailand2022-2024100100000
Timor-Leste2022-202487.02871.917.833.24
Togo2022-202421656.1812.7710.05
Tokelau2022-202499.7110000.290
Tonga2022-202430990.880.310
Trinidad and Tobago2022-20246998.88991.1200
Tunisia2022-202465971.611.210
Turkmenistan2022-202495100000
Turks and Caicos Islands2022-202447990.980.210
Tuvalu2022-20249990.40.340
Türkiye2022-202497.03962.020.740.22
Uganda2022-2024186324.911.334.51
Ukraine2022-202488935.670.260.48
United Arab Emirates2022-202499100100000
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland2022-2024100100000
United Republic of Tanzania2022-2024316516.1910.8712.14
United States Virgin Islands2020-2024999901.280
United States of America2022-20249810000.040
Uruguay2022-202499.511000.4900
Uzbekistan2022-202482971.80.121.45
Vanuatu2022-20241991.34870.522.325.82
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)2017-202493.33930.476.21.38
Viet Nam2022-2024599902.040
Wallis and Futuna Islands2022-2024699900.740
World2022-202474913.663.721.44
Yemen2022-202461.767529.456.372.43
Zambia2022-202468.25736.418.676.68
Zimbabwe2022-2024256714.5216.326.87