Ranking
Lowest safely managed drinking water coverage
Where the fewest people have a safely managed drinking water service.
Definition and method
- Metric
- Safely managed drinking water
- Definition
- Percentage of population using an improved drinking water source that is accessible on premises, available when needed, and free from faecal and priority chemical contamination.
- Unit
- %
- Period
- 2024
- Basis
- Modelled
- Source
- World Bank — World Development Indicators
- Coverage
- 144 of 205 countries and territoriesPlaces without a held value are absent from the ranking, not ranked last.
- Methodology
- Modelled from household surveys, censuses and administrative data.
Lowest safely managed drinking water coverage
Top 30 of 144 countries for which Hydrionis holds a value.
View the data behind this chart
| Subject | Value (%) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Central African Republic | 6.2 | — |
| Chad | 6.3 | — |
| Tuvalu | 8.7 | — |
| Sierra Leone | 10.9 | — |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 11.9 | — |
| Ethiopia | 13.5 | — |
| Kiribati | 15.1 | — |
| Nepal | 16.5 | — |
| Benin | 17.7 | — |
| Uganda | 18.1 | — |
| Malawi | 18.2 | — |
| Nauru | 18.7 | — |
| Vanuatu | 19.2 | — |
| Togo | 20.5 | — |
| Madagascar | 22.1 | — |
| Guinea-Bissau | 24.0 | — |
| Zimbabwe | 25.5 | — |
| Senegal | 27.2 | — |
| Mozambique | 27.5 | — |
| Tonga | 29.6 | — |
| Nigeria | 29.9 | — |
| Cambodia | 30.0 | — |
| Indonesia | 30.5 | — |
| Afghanistan | 30.6 | — |
| Lesotho | 31.3 | — |
| Tanzania | 31.3 | — |
| Laos | 35.2 | — |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 36.4 | — |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 36.7 | — |
| Eswatini | 38.2 | — |