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, 2020)

Data provider: WHO and UNICEF through the Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (JMP)
Available time series: 2000-2020
Number of countries (and areas) reporting in the last five years: 140
Proportion of world population covered by reporting in the last five years: 45%
Proportion of world economy covered by reporting in the last five years: 60%
Proportion of world land area covered by reporting in the last five years: 61%
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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 (2007-2020)

Proportion of population (%)

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

Trend

SDG Progress Report

Global target: of people have access to safe water.
Current status: % has access to safe water.
Current rate of progress between -1 and : % of the world population gained access to safe drinking water.
Rate of progress required to reach target: % of population need to gain access to safe water per year.
On track to reach target:
With current rate of progress, target will be reached by year:

Status in different countries (or areas) of indicator 6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services (2020)

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 (2020)

Status of different components of drinking water services

6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services (2020)

Proportion of population using an improved drinking-water source (2020)

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: 2005 - 2020

Country (or area), SDG region, world	Year	6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services
Country (or area), SDG region, world	Year	Safely managed service	At least basic service	Basic service	Limited service	Unimproved	Surface water
Afghanistan	2020	27.59		47.5	1.45	14.56	8.9
Albania	2020	70.67		24.39	1.88	3.05	0
Algeria	2020	72.38		22.06	4.99	0.53	0.04
American Samoa	2020	98.36		1.41	0	0.23	0
Andorra	2020	90.64		9.36	0	0	0
Angola	2020		57.17		9.29	19.45	14.09
Anguilla	2017		97.48		0	2.52	0
Antigua and Barbuda	2017		96.74		0	3.17	0.09
Argentina	2016		99.02		0	0.61	0.36
Armenia	2020	86.91		13.06	0	0.03	0
Aruba	2016		97.87		0	1.96	0.17
Australia	2020		99.97		0	0.03	0
Australia and New Zealand	2020		99.97		0	0.03	0
Austria	2020	98.9		1.1	0	0	0
Azerbaijan	2020	88.32		7.72	1.04	2.91	0
Bahamas	2019		98.89		0	1.11	0
Bahrain	2020	98.98		1.02	0	0	0
Bangladesh	2020	58.51		39.19	1.16	0.46	0.68
Barbados	2020		98.51		0.27	1.22	0
Belarus	2020	94.61		1.92	3.37	0.09	0
Belgium	2020	99.91		0.09	0	0	0
Belize	2020		98.4		1.25	0.35	0
Benin	2020		65.41		9.32	21.97	3.3
Bermuda	2020		99.9		0	0.1	0
Bhutan	2020	36.65		60.67	2.46	0.18	0.05
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2020		93.39		0.14	1.58	4.9
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2005		98.69		0	1.31	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2020	88.87		7.24	3.82	0.06	0
Botswana	2020		92.21		4.72	1.73	1.33
Brazil	2016-2020	85.77		13.56	0.13	0.55	1.11
British Virgin Islands	2020		99.86		0	0.14	0
Brunei Darussalam	2020		99.9		0	0.1	0
Bulgaria	2020	97.62		1.39	0	0.99	0
Burkina Faso	2020		47.21		31.27	21.16	0.35
Burundi	2020		62.21		19.44	14.76	3.59
Cabo Verde	2020		88.77		7.9	3.21	0.12
Cambodia	2020	27.76		43.46	13.9	5.68	9.2
Cameroon	2020		65.72		12.87	15	6.4
Canada	2020	99.04		0.18	0	0.78	0
Cayman Islands	2016		96.12		0	3.88	0
Central African Republic	2020	6.18		31.02	25.68	33.54	3.58
Central and Southern Asia	2020	62.36		28.86	4.14	3.71	0.94
Chad	2020	5.59		40.6	14.74	31.56	7.51
Channel Islands	2017	91.98		2.17	0	5.85	0
Chile	2020	98.77		1.23	0	0	0
China	2020		94.26		0.81	4.73	0.2
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region	2020	100		0	0	0	0
China, Macao Special Administrative Region	2020	99.98		0.02	0	0	0
Colombia	2020	73.01		24.48	0.19	0.95	1.37
Comoros	2018-2019		80.21		10.86	8.93	0.59
Congo	2020	45.9		27.89	10.46	9.56	6.2
Cook Islands	2020		99.97		0	0.03	0
Costa Rica	2020	80.52		19.29	0.19	0	0
Croatia	2007	82.14		16.54	0	0.93	0.39
Cuba	2020		97		1.47	1.25	0.27
Curaçao	2017		99.5		0	0.5	0
Cyprus	2020	99.77		0	0	0.23	0
Czechia	2020	97.88		2	0	0.12	0
Côte d'Ivoire	2020	35.2		35.7	8.94	14.19	5.96
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	2020	66.38		27.46	0.68	5.21	0.26
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2020	18.99		26.96	13.44	32.54	8.06
Denmark	2020	96.73		3.27	0	0	0
Djibouti	2020		76.05		14.76	7.02	2.18
Dominica	2017		95.42		0	4.58	0
Dominican Republic	2020		96.69		0.47	1.27	1.58
Eastern and South-Eastern Asia	2020		94.32		0.9	4.2	0.57
Ecuador	2020	66.83		28.53	0	2.6	2.03
Egypt	2020		99.44		0.24	0.32	0
El Salvador	2020		97.95		0.21	0.32	1.53
Equatorial Guinea	2017		64.67		2.96	26.04	6.34
Eritrea	2016		51.85		17.6	13.45	17.1
Estonia	2020	95.76		3.83	0	0.41	0
Eswatini	2020		70.75		9.51	9.84	9.9
Ethiopia	2020	12.58		37.04	26.74	18.64	5.01
Europe and Northern America	2020	95.57		3.56	0.39	0.44	0.03
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2020		95.31		0	4.69	0
Faroe Islands	2020		100		0	0	0
Fiji	2020		94.3		0	3.32	2.38
Finland	2020	99.64		0.36	0	0	0
France	2020	99.25		0.75	0	0	0
French Guiana	2020	90.56		3.22	0	6.22	0
French Polynesia	2020	83.86		16.14	0	0	0
Gabon	2019-2020		85.34		7.74	6.92	3.11
Gambia	2020	44.72		36.23	8.6	10.35	0.11
Georgia	2020	66.35		30.99	0	2.63	0.02
Germany	2020	99.99		0.01	0	0	0
Ghana	2020	41.41		44.38	6.59	2.81	4.81
Gibraltar	2020	100		0	0	0	0
Greece	2020	100		0	0	0	0
Greenland	2020	96.74		3.26	0	0	0
Grenada	2017	87.12		8.51	1.16	0	3.21
Guadeloupe	2020	97.59		2.22	0	0.2	0
Guam	2020	99.44		0.26	0	0.3	0
Guatemala	2020	55.83		38.17	1.03	3.22	1.74
Guinea	2020		63.96		21.28	6.3	8.46
Guinea-Bissau	2020	24.33		34.69	14.03	26.63	0.32
Guyana	2020		95.55		1.21	1.14	2.1
Haiti	2020		66.7		9.81	23.49	0
Honduras	2020		95.69		0.43	3.89	0
Hungary	2020	92.59		7.41	0	0	0
Iceland	2020	100		0	0	0	0
India	2020		90.49		4.98	3.96	0.56
Indonesia	2020		92.42		0.86	5.55	1.18
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	2020	93.98		3.5	1.94	0.51	0.07
Iraq	2020	59.66		38.7	0.89	0	0.75
Ireland	2020	97.33		0.07	0	2.6	0
Isle of Man	2020	97.21		1.87	0	0.93	0
Israel	2020	99.32		0.68	0	0	0
Italy	2020	95.82		4.09	0	0.08	0
Jamaica	2020		91.03		5.37	1.86	1.74
Japan	2020	98.57		0.51	0	0.92	0
Jordan	2020	85.7		13.24	0.15	0.85	0.06
Kazakhstan	2020	89.33		6.1	1.94	2.55	0.08
Kenya	2020		61.63		9.54	9.78	19.05
Kiribati	2020	14.69		63.28	4.08	17.95	0
Kuwait	2020	100		0	0	0	0
Kyrgyzstan	2020	70.09		21.61	1.9	1.87	4.53
Lao People's Democratic Republic	2020	17.68		67.54	3.57	10.63	0.58
Latin America and the Caribbean	2020	75.38		21.96	0.44	1.37	0.85
Latvia	2020	96.29		2.49	0.68	0.54	0
Lebanon	2020	47.7		44.9	7.4	0	0
Lesotho	2020	28.91		43.27	10.41	12.22	5.2
Liberia	2020		75.26		8.7	3.49	12.55
Libya	2020		99.89		0	0.11	0
Liechtenstein	2020	100		0	0	0	0
Lithuania	2020	94.92		3.09	0	1.99	0
Luxembourg	2020	99.46		0.42	0	0.12	0
Madagascar	2020	20.54		32.85	2.72	32.31	11.58
Malawi	2020		70.05		21.95	5.78	2.23
Malaysia	2007-2020	93.82		3.28	0.35	2.55	0.66
Maldives	2020		99.54		0.05	0.41	0
Mali	2020		82.55		3.85	12.25	1.35
Malta	2020	100		0	0	0	0
Marshall Islands	2020		88.57		11.39	0.04	0
Martinique	2020	99.06		0.78	0	0.16	0
Mauritania	2020		71.68		13.48	14.82	0.02
Mauritius	2020		99.87		0	0.13	0
Mayotte	2017-2020	93.45		2.92	0	3.63	2.88
Mexico	2020	43.03		56.65	0	0.32	0
Micronesia (Federated States of)	2014-2019		88.31		0	11.69	7
Monaco	2020	100		0	0	0	0
Mongolia	2020	30.06		55.43	2.15	6.63	5.72
Montenegro	2020	85.07		13.78	0.55	0.59	0.01
Montserrat	2020		98.08		0	1.92	0
Morocco	2020	79.95		10.45	5.26	2.88	1.46
Mozambique	2020		63.37		9.98	16.73	9.93
Myanmar	2020	58.83		24.89	1.6	5.11	9.58
Namibia	2020		84.27		7.09	3.74	4.9
Nauru	2020		100		0	0	0
Nepal	2020	17.58		72.5	3.98	4.7	1.25
Netherlands	2020	99.97		0.03	0	0	0
New Caledonia	2020	96.64		2.67	0	0.69	0
New Zealand	2020	100		0	0	0	0
Nicaragua	2020	55.52		26.19	1.51	13.53	3.25
Niger	2020		46.91		21.65	27.03	4.41
Nigeria	2020	21.67		55.94	4.98	11.8	5.61
Niue	2020	93.54		3.47	0	2.99	0
North Macedonia	2020	76.83		20.91	1.63	0.57	0.05
Northern Africa and Western Asia	2020	78.69		13.33	5.55	1.31	1.12
Northern Mariana Islands	2020	90.53		9.47	0	0	0
Norway	2020	98.64		1.36	0	0	0
Oman	2020	90.56		1.61	7.54	0.26	0.03
Pakistan	2020	35.84		54.31	3.82	4.41	1.62
Palau	2020	91.31		8.35	0	0.34	0
Panama	2020		94.37		1.87	2.26	1.49
Papua New Guinea	2020		45.34		2.13	22.16	30.37
Paraguay	2020	64.08		35.51	0.41	0	0
Peru	2020	51.26		41.88	0.85	4.15	1.86
Philippines	2020	47.46		46.64	2.86	3.03	0
Poland	2020	98.33		1.64	0	0.03	0
Portugal	2020	95.35		4.56	0	0.09	0
Puerto Rico	2020	99.86		0.14	0	0	0
Qatar	2020	96.18		3.39	0	0.43	0
Republic of Korea	2020	99.19		0.74	0	0.07	0
Republic of Moldova	2020	74.07		16.5	1.52	7.91	0
Romania	2020	81.99		18.01	0	0	0
Russian Federation	2007-2020	76.1		20.89	0.62	2.39	0.78
Rwanda	2020	12.1		48.31	22.32	13.15	4.11
Réunion	2020	94.32		5.68	0	0	0
Saint Barthélemy	2020	100		0	0	0	0
Saint Helena	2020	89.23		9.87	0	0.9	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	2017		98.61		0	1.39	0
Saint Lucia	2020		96.89		1.82	1.3	0
Saint Martin (French Part)	2020	96.7		3.3	0	0	0
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2020	83.13		8.27	0	8.6	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2016-2018		95.15		0	4.85	0.78
Samoa	2020	46.23		45.61	6.52	1.42	0.22
San Marino	2020	100		0	0	0	0
Sao Tome and Principe	2020	36.17		42.06	20.24	0.44	1.09
Saudi Arabia	2020		100		0	0	0
Senegal	2020		84.91		2.39	12.61	0.1
Serbia	2020	75.04		20.26	4.24	0.44	0.02
Seychelles	2018-2019		96.85		0	3.15	3.75
Sierra Leone	2020	10.62		53.15	9.02	15.56	11.65
Singapore	2020	100		0	0	0	0
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	2017		95.31		0	4.69	0
Slovakia	2020	99.24		0.55	0.21	0	0
Slovenia	2020	98.27		1.23	0	0.5	0
Solomon Islands	2020		67.3		5.8	21.27	5.64
Somalia	2020		56.48		27.7	13.42	2.4
South Africa	2020		93.89		2.77	1.41	1.93
South Sudan	2020		40.95		37.43	13.54	8.08
Spain	2020	99.59		0.34	0	0.07	0
Sri Lanka	2020		92.23		0.6	5.35	1.83
State of Palestine	2008-2020	159.4		36.36	2.06	2.18	2.34
Sub-Saharan Africa	2020	30.03		34.63	12.87	15.63	6.84
Sudan	2020		60.45		26.67	3.65	9.23
Suriname	2020	55.76		42.23	1.07	0.38	0.56
Sweden	2020	99.75		0.08	0	0.17	0
Switzerland	2020	94.25		5.75	0	0	0
Syrian Arab Republic	2020		93.93		5.87	0.2	0
Tajikistan	2020	55.24		26.62	2.57	3.42	12.16
Thailand	2020		100		0	0	0
Timor-Leste	2020		85.5		1.89	8.36	4.26
Togo	2020	19.56		49.02	6.07	14.16	11.19
Tokelau	2020		99.71		0	0.29	0
Tonga	2020	29.5		69.23	0.88	0.39	0
Trinidad and Tobago	2020		98.88		1.12	0	0
Tunisia	2020	79.29		18.26	1.63	0.83	0
Turkmenistan	2020	94.83		5.17	0	0	0
Turks and Caicos Islands	2018		94.32		0	5.68	0
Tuvalu	2020		100		0	0	0
Türkiye	2020		97.01		2.02	0.74	0.22
Uganda	2020	16.65		39.21	27.28	12.17	4.7
Ukraine	2020	89.02		4.91	5.67	0.08	0.32
United Arab Emirates	2020		99.97		0	0.03	0
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	2020	99.82		0.18	0	0	0
United Republic of Tanzania	2020		60.72		11.29	14.52	13.48
United States Virgin Islands	2020	97.94		0.78	0	1.28	0
United States of America	2020	97.33		2.56	0	0.12	0
Uruguay	2020		99.5		0.5	0	0
Uzbekistan	2020	58.83		39	0	0.22	1.95
Vanuatu	2020		91.23		1.06	0	7.71
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2017-2020		93.69		0.47	5.84	1.38
Viet Nam	2020		96.88		0	3.12	0
Wallis and Futuna Islands	2020	58.79		40.35	0	0.86	0
World	2020	74.27		15.84	3.62	4.71	1.56
Yemen	2020		60.66		28.96	7.78	2.6
Zambia	2020		65.41		6.15	21.58	6.86
Zimbabwe	2020	29.54		33.13	14.2	16.28	6.86

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