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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.

  • 73 % of the world’s population uses a safely managed drinking water service (SDG indicator 6.1.1, 2022)

Available time series: 2000-2022
Number of countries (and areas) reporting in the last five years: 148
Proportion of world population covered by reporting in the last five years: 52%

Proportion of world land area covered by reporting in the last five years: 63%
Learn more about the indicator here
Read the latest progress report here

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 (2022)

Proportion of population (%)

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 (2022)

  • 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 (2022)

Status of different components of drinking water services

6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services (2022)

Proportion of population using an improved drinking-water source (2022)

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 - 2022

Country (or area), SDG region, worldYear 6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services
Safely managed service At least basic service Basic service Limited service Unimproved Surface water
Afghanistan202230.0352.141.1710.486.18
Albania202270.7424.361.873.030
Algeria202270.624.064.930.340.07
American Samoa202189.859.3900.760
Andorra202290.649.36000
Angola202257.729.319.3913.6
Anguilla201797.4802.520
Antigua and Barbuda202298.3601.420.22
Argentina201699.0400.490.47
Armenia202282.4117.56000.03
Aruba201697.8701.960.17
Australia202299.9700.030
Australia and New Zealand202299.9700.030
Austria202298.91.1000
Azerbaijan202271.6126.031.061.290
Bahamas201998.8901.110
Bahrain202298.91.0200.080
Bangladesh202259.1138.991.190.10.62
Barbados202298.510.271.220
Belarus202293.16.080.290.530
Belgium202299.740.26000
Belize202298.411.250.350
Benin202267.368.0121.892.74
Bermuda202299.900.10
Bhutan202273.3425.790.650.190.03
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)202294.110.141.354.4
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba20221000000
Bosnia and Herzegovina202286.979.123.840.060
Botswana202292.574.562.160.72
Brazil2016-202287.2612.3400.411.27
British Virgin Islands202299.8600.140
Brunei Darussalam202299.9000.1
Bulgaria202295.653.4100.940
Burkina Faso202249.5129.4820.90.11
Burundi202262.4419.3514.653.57
Cabo Verde202289.877.422.70
Cambodia202229.1348.8811.543.187.28
Cameroon202269.5914.2311.964.21
Canada202299.040.1800.780
Cayman Islands202295.504.490.01
Central African Republic20226.1330.1726.6433.673.4
Central and Southern Asia202267.5225.793.692.160.84
Chad20226.2545.7512.5428.37.17
Channel Islands201791.982.1705.850
Chile202298.771.23000
China202297.650.481.780.1
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region20221000000
China, Macao Special Administrative Region20221000000
Colombia202273.8623.680.210.51.76
Comoros2018-201980.2110.868.930.59
Congo202146.0827.910.469.466.11
Cook Islands202299.9700.030
Costa Rica202280.5119.310.1900
Croatia200785.4213.2700.930.39
Cuba202294.652.922.170.25
Curaçao201799.500.50
Cyprus202299.77000.20.04
Czechia202297.88200.070.05
Côte d'Ivoire202243.8928.968.2513.365.53
Democratic People's Republic of Korea2021-202266.5327.360.695.430.26
Democratic Republic of the Congo202211.5823.5323.9633.027.91
Denmark202299.920.08000
Djibouti202276.1714.776.82.27
Dominica201795.4204.580
Dominican Republic202244.9451.810.451.291.51
Eastern and South-Eastern Asia202278.5118.210.672.110.5
Ecuador202267.0928.6102.571.73
Egypt202298.770.240.980.01
El Salvador202298.590.201.21
Equatorial Guinea201764.672.9626.046.34
Eritrea201651.8517.613.4517.1
Estonia202297.022.98000
Eswatini202273.479.917.439.19
Ethiopia202213.2438.282816.034.45
Europe and Northern America202294.334.540.340.760.04
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)202095.3104.690
Faroe Islands2022100000
Fiji202241.8653.630.751.941.82
Finland202299.640.36000
France202299.70.3000
French Guiana202291.492.8705.640
French Polynesia202281.8118.19000
Gabon202286.937.973.481.63
Gambia202247.6737.975.918.390.05
Georgia202269.1425.842.742.280.01
Germany202299.920.08000
Ghana202244.4743.95.941.624.07
Gibraltar20221000000
Greece202298.881.12000
Greenland2022100000
Grenada201789.925.711.1603.21
Guadeloupe202295.714.1800.110
Guam202299.060.6400.30
Guatemala202256.2938.321.032.771.58
Guinea202271.4512.168.447.94
Guinea-Bissau202223.8737.914.8722.460.89
Guyana202295.862.470.870.8
Haiti202267.429.7122.870
Honduras202265.2130.61.063.140
Hungary20221000000
Iceland20221000000
India202293.34.181.980.54
Indonesia202230.2763.840.874.190.83
Iran (Islamic Republic of)202294.223.471.920.330.07
Iraq202259.7438.640.8800.74
Ireland202295.99004.010
Isle of Man202299.710.1700.120
Israel202299.470.53000
Italy202292.717.2100.080
Jamaica202291.15.331.861.72
Japan202298.660.4800.860
Jordan202285.7113.260.140.830.06
Kazakhstan202189.356.091.942.540.08
Kenya202262.868.669.3419.14
Kiribati202214.4161.284.320.010
Kuwait20221000000
Kyrgyzstan202276.4914.312.871.854.49
Lao People's Democratic Republic202217.8767.593.4910.470.57
Latin America and the Caribbean202275.2322.40.410.851.1
Latvia202297.111.780.680.420
Lebanon202247.744.97.400
Lesotho202228.2245.7510.6310.255.14
Liberia202275.619.984.619.8
Libya202299.8900.110
Liechtenstein20221000000
Lithuania202294.983.0601.960
Luxembourg202299.530.3500.110
Madagascar202222.2431.234.5230.5511.46
Malawi202217.7654.1120.865.31.97
Malaysia2007-202293.943.210.352.490.73
Maldives202299.560.050.390
Mali202283.654.6511.010.69
Malta202299.770.23000
Marshall Islands202285.0611.073.870
Martinique202298.770.9500.280
Mauritania202277.818.9213.270
Mauritius2022100000
Mayotte2017-202292.463.9103.632.88
Mexico202243.0456.6700.290
Micronesia (Federated States of)2014-202090.1109.897
Monaco20221000000
Mongolia202239.2844.237.194.215.1
Montenegro202285.1213.740.550.580.01
Montserrat202298.0801.920
Morocco202274.8212.22.0310.950
Mozambique202263.29.7916.6910.33
Myanmar202257.424.990.75.7711.15
Namibia202285.917.13.653.34
Nauru201997030
Nepal202216.1275.124.183.431.16
Netherlands202299.970.03000
New Caledonia202296.872.6700.460
New Zealand20221000000
Nicaragua202055.5226.191.5113.533.25
Niger202248.919.6328.652.82
Nigeria202228.9850.654.311.434.63
Niue202293.543.4702.990
North Macedonia202280.4517.41.580.530.05
Northern Africa and Western Asia202276.9155.711.940.44
Northern Mariana Islands202290.649.36000
Norway202298.821.18000
Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)202259.852.0821.1916.88
Oman202290.851.597.30.230.03
Pakistan202250.640.024.453.791.14
Palau202290.449.1300.430
Panama202294.651.852.141.37
Papua New Guinea202250.242.4126.2821.07
Paraguay202264.2235.380.400
Peru202251.9942.820.593.261.35
Philippines202247.946.972.822.30
Poland202288.911.4609.630
Portugal202295.164.100.740
Puerto Rico202299.870.13000
Qatar202296.653.3300.010
Republic of Korea202299.280.72000
Republic of Moldova202275.2216.81.546.430
Romania202282.0717.93000
Russian Federation2007-202276.2320.820.622.330.78
Rwanda202265.119.3210.325.26
Réunion202295.754.1900.060
Saint Barthélemy20221000000
Saint Helena202289.239.8700.90
Saint Kitts and Nevis201798.6101.390
Saint Lucia202296.891.821.290
Saint Martin (French Part)202296.633.300.070
Saint Pierre and Miquelon202083.138.2708.60
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2016-201897.7302.270.51
Samoa202262.1936.850.280.580.1
San Marino20221000000
Sao Tome and Principe202236.341.0420.320.461.87
Saudi Arabia202298.650.670.680
Senegal202226.6959.562.7310.850.17
Serbia202275.0820.63.870.440.02
Seychelles2018-202296.4203.583.77
Sierra Leone202210.2655.087.4316.7210.5
Singapore20221000000
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)201795.3104.690
Slovakia202299.180.60.2100
Slovenia202298.271.2300.50
Solomon Islands202167.455.7821.165.61
Somalia202258.2628.3911.891.46
South Africa202294.492.741.121.65
South Sudan202241.1937.2813.528.02
Spain202299.570.3600.070
Sri Lanka202247.1342.181.796.812.09
State of Palestine202280.3318.111.210.340.01
Sub-Saharan Africa202231.3533.6913.7514.936.29
Sudan202264.9228.863.952.27
Suriname202255.842.21.070.380.56
Sweden202299.74000.260
Switzerland202296.73.3000
Syrian Arab Republic202294.085.830.090
Tajikistan202255.2926.652.563.4112.09
Thailand2022100000
Timor-Leste202287.021.917.833.24
Togo202219.4251.576.1812.7710.05
Tokelau202299.7100.290
Tonga202229.5369.280.880.310
Trinidad and Tobago202298.881.1200
Tunisia202274.322.881.611.210
Turkmenistan202294.885.12000
Turks and Caicos Islands202247.0951.720.980.210
Tuvalu20228.7190.550.40.340
Türkiye202297.032.020.740.22
Uganda202218.6840.5824.911.334.51
Ukraine202287.625.975.670.260.48
United Arab Emirates2022100000
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland202299.80.2000
United Republic of Tanzania202211.3449.4616.1910.8712.14
United States Virgin Islands202097.940.7801.280
United States of America202297.472.500.040
Uruguay202299.510.4900
Uzbekistan202279.8516.781.80.121.45
Vanuatu202291.340.522.325.82
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)2017-202293.330.476.21.38
Viet Nam202257.7840.1802.040
Wallis and Futuna Islands202268.8830.3800.740
World202272.9318.263.663.721.44
Yemen202261.7629.456.372.43
Zambia202268.256.418.676.68
Zimbabwe202226.5235.7814.5216.326.87
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