Countries by Safe Drinking Water (%)
Complete ranking of 150 countries • % • Updated 2026
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About Safe Drinking Water Access Rankings
Gibraltar leads all 150 countries in Safe Drinking Water Access with a value of 100%, while Central African Republic ranks last at 6.22%. This represents a 16-fold difference between the highest and lowest values.
What Safe Drinking Water Access Measures
Safe Drinking Water % from World Bank Open Data, using the latest available country values in TerraBrawl.
Why This Ranking Matters
Countries with strong Safe Drinking Water Access performance typically invest heavily in public health infrastructure, preventive care, and nutrition. The ranking reveals stark disparities between high-income and low-income nations, though notable exceptions highlight the impact of targeted health policies.
Global Range
Values range from 6.22% (Central African Republic) to 100% (Gibraltar) — a 16-fold difference across 150 countries.
Regional Patterns
European countries dominate this ranking, holding 15 of the top 20 positions. This strong regional concentration suggests shared economic, geographic, or policy factors that drive higher values across the continent.
Values are broadly distributed across countries, with the middle 50% ranging from 46.93% to 97.82%. The overall spread from 6.22% to 100% reflects significant global variation.
Notable Outliers
The top of the ranking is competitive: Gibraltar and Hong Kong are separated by only 0%, indicating that the leading positions could shift with updated data.
Continental Leaders
Highest Safe Drinking Water Access
The 5 strongest Safe Drinking Water Access reads.
Lowest Safe Drinking Water Access
The 5 lowest Safe Drinking Water Access reads.
Data Note
Rankings are based on the latest available data from World Bank Open Data, covering 150 of 249 countries and territories. Countries without data for this metric are excluded from the ranking. All values represent the most recently reported figures.
Top 10 Countries
Country Ladder
1stGibraltarEurope100%2ndHong KongAsia100%3rdHungaryEurope100%4thIcelandEurope100%5thKuwaitAsia100%6thLiechtensteinEurope100%7thMonacoEurope100%8thMacaoAsia100%9thNew ZealandOceania100%10thSingaporeAsia100%11thSan MarinoEurope100%12thNetherlandsEurope99.96%13thDenmarkEurope99.92%14thGermanyEurope99.92%15thIsle of ManEurope99.91%16thMaltaEurope99.83%17thUnited KingdomEurope99.82%18thSwedenEurope99.76%19thCyprusEurope99.72%20thFranceEurope99.71%21stLuxembourgEurope99.65%22ndFinlandEurope99.65%23rdSloveniaEurope99.57%24thSlovakiaEurope99.57%25thBelgiumEurope99.55%26thIsraelAsia99.46%27thSpainEurope99.46%28thSouth KoreaAsia99.28%29thNorwayEurope99.06%30thEstoniaEurope98.94%31stPuerto RicoNorth America98.94%32ndBahrainAsia98.9%33rdAustriaEurope98.89%34thJapanAsia98.73%35thU.S. Virgin IslandsNorth America98.68%36thUnited Arab EmiratesAsia98.64%37thCzechiaEurope98.14%38thChileSouth America97.82%39thUnited StatesNorth America97.57%40thLatviaEurope97.01%41stCanadaNorth America96.89%42ndNew CaledoniaOceania96.87%43rdItalyEurope96.76%44thLithuaniaEurope96.73%45thSwitzerlandEurope96.7%46thGreeceEurope96.69%47thSaint MartinNorth America96.63%48thBulgariaEurope96.21%49thIrelandEurope96.13%50thQatarAsia95.35%51stPortugalEurope95.22%52ndTurkmenistanAsia94.85%53rdMalaysiaAsia94.7%54thIranAsia94.41%55thGuamOceania94%56thBelarusEurope93.06%57thKazakhstanAsia91.55%58thOmanAsia91.1%59thPalauOceania90.78%60thAndorraEurope90.64%61stAmerican SamoaOceania90.54%62ndFrench PolynesiaOceania90.45%63rdJordanAsia88.95%64thPolandEurope88.68%65thBrazilSouth America88.62%66thUkraineEurope87.87%67thCroatiaEurope87.27%68thBosnia and HerzegovinaEurope86.4%69thMontenegroEurope85.5%70thRomaniaEurope82.18%71stArmeniaEurope82.07%72ndUzbekistanAsia81.93%73rdNorthern Mariana IslandsOceania81.45%74thNorth MacedoniaEurope80.79%75thPalestineAsia80.64%76thCosta RicaNorth America80.5%77thMoroccoAfrica79.98%78thEgyptAfrica78.94%79thIndiaAsia76.44%80thRussiaEurope76.26%81stMoldovaEurope75.82%82ndSerbiaEurope74.97%83rdColombiaNorth America74.34%84thKyrgyzstanAsia73.88%85thAlbaniaEurope70.79%86thGeorgiaEurope70.53%87thEcuadorSouth America69.89%88thTrinidad and TobagoNorth America69.37%89thAlgeriaAfrica69.03%90thSouth AfricaAfrica68.01%91stGuyanaNorth America67.17%92ndNorth KoreaAsia66.61%93rdBhutanAsia65.59%94thHondurasNorth America65.52%95thTajikistanAsia65.11%96thTunisiaAfrica64.98%97thSeychellesAfrica64.7%98thParaguaySouth America64.36%99thBotswanaAfrica63.29%100thSamoaOceania62.5%101stIraqAsia59.83%102ndMyanmarAsia59.72%103rdBangladeshAsia59.13%104thVietnamAsia58.58%105thAzerbaijanEurope57.81%106thSurinameNorth America55.85%107thPeruSouth America49.43%108thGuatemalaNorth America48.79%109thPhilippinesAsia48.48%110thGambiaAfrica48.18%111stLebanonAsia47.7%112ndTurks and Caicos IslandsNorth America47.05%113rdSri LankaAsia46.93%114thCongoAfrica45.87%115thDominican RepublicNorth America45.33%116thPakistanAsia44.97%117thMongoliaAsia43.36%118thMexicoNorth America42.97%119thGhanaAfrica42.94%120thFijiOceania42.11%121stEswatiniAfrica38.22%122ndSao Tome and PrincipeAfrica36.68%123rdCôte d'IvoireAfrica36.45%124thLaosAsia35.19%125thTanzaniaAfrica31.33%126thLesothoAfrica31.32%127thAfghanistanAsia30.55%128thIndonesiaAsia30.46%129thCambodiaAsia29.99%130thNigeriaAfrica29.9%131stTongaOceania29.6%132ndMozambiqueAfrica27.54%133rdSenegalAfrica27.19%134thZimbabweAfrica25.46%135thGuinea-BissauAfrica23.98%136thMadagascarAfrica22.06%137thTogoAfrica20.52%138thVanuatuOceania19.2%139thNauruOceania18.66%140thMalawiAfrica18.18%141stUgandaAfrica18.1%142ndBeninAfrica17.7%143rdNepalAsia16.49%144thKiribatiOceania15.09%145thEthiopiaAfrica13.55%146thCongo, Democratic RepublicAfrica11.87%147thSierra LeoneAfrica10.9%148thTuvaluOceania8.7%149thChadAfrica6.3%150thCentral African RepublicAfrica6.2%
| Percentile | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Gibraltar | 100% | Europe | 100% |
| 2nd | Hong Kong | 100% | Asia | 99% |
| 3rd | Hungary | 100% | Europe | 99% |
| 4th | Iceland | 100% | Europe | 98% |
| 5th | Kuwait | 100% | Asia | 97% |
| 6th | Liechtenstein | 100% | Europe | 97% |
| 7th | Monaco | 100% | Europe | 96% |
| 8th | Macao | 100% | Asia | 95% |
| 9th | New Zealand | 100% | Oceania | 95% |
| 10th | Singapore | 100% | Asia | 94% |
| 11th | San Marino | 100% | Europe | 93% |
| 12th | Netherlands | 99.96% | Europe | 93% |
| 13th | Denmark | 99.92% | Europe | 92% |
| 14th | Germany | 99.92% | Europe | 91% |
| 15th | Isle of Man | 99.91% | Europe | 91% |
| 16th | Malta | 99.83% | Europe | 90% |
| 17th | United Kingdom | 99.82% | Europe | 89% |
| 18th | Sweden | 99.76% | Europe | 89% |
| 19th | Cyprus | 99.72% | Europe | 88% |
| 20th | France | 99.71% | Europe | 87% |
| 21st | Luxembourg | 99.65% | Europe | 87% |
| 22nd | Finland | 99.65% | Europe | 86% |
| 23rd | Slovenia | 99.57% | Europe | 85% |
| 24th | Slovakia | 99.57% | Europe | 85% |
| 25th | Belgium | 99.55% | Europe | 84% |
| 26th | Israel | 99.46% | Asia | 83% |
| 27th | Spain | 99.46% | Europe | 83% |
| 28th | South Korea | 99.28% | Asia | 82% |
| 29th | Norway | 99.06% | Europe | 81% |
| 30th | Estonia | 98.94% | Europe | 81% |
| 31st | Puerto Rico | 98.94% | North America | 80% |
| 32nd | Bahrain | 98.9% | Asia | 79% |
| 33rd | Austria | 98.89% | Europe | 79% |
| 34th | Japan | 98.73% | Asia | 78% |
| 35th | U.S. Virgin Islands | 98.68% | North America | 77% |
| 36th | United Arab Emirates | 98.64% | Asia | 77% |
| 37th | Czechia | 98.14% | Europe | 76% |
| 38th | Chile | 97.82% | South America | 75% |
| 39th | United States | 97.57% | North America | 75% |
| 40th | Latvia | 97.01% | Europe | 74% |
| 41st | Canada | 96.89% | North America | 73% |
| 42nd | New Caledonia | 96.87% | Oceania | 73% |
| 43rd | Italy | 96.76% | Europe | 72% |
| 44th | Lithuania | 96.73% | Europe | 71% |
| 45th | Switzerland | 96.7% | Europe | 71% |
| 46th | Greece | 96.69% | Europe | 70% |
| 47th | Saint Martin | 96.63% | North America | 69% |
| 48th | Bulgaria | 96.21% | Europe | 69% |
| 49th | Ireland | 96.13% | Europe | 68% |
| 50th | Qatar | 95.35% | Asia | 67% |
| 51st | Portugal | 95.22% | Europe | 67% |
| 52nd | Turkmenistan | 94.85% | Asia | 66% |
| 53rd | Malaysia | 94.7% | Asia | 65% |
| 54th | Iran | 94.41% | Asia | 65% |
| 55th | Guam | 94% | Oceania | 64% |
| 56th | Belarus | 93.06% | Europe | 63% |
| 57th | Kazakhstan | 91.55% | Asia | 63% |
| 58th | Oman | 91.1% | Asia | 62% |
| 59th | Palau | 90.78% | Oceania | 61% |
| 60th | Andorra | 90.64% | Europe | 61% |
| 61st | American Samoa | 90.54% | Oceania | 60% |
| 62nd | French Polynesia | 90.45% | Oceania | 59% |
| 63rd | Jordan | 88.95% | Asia | 59% |
| 64th | Poland | 88.68% | Europe | 58% |
| 65th | Brazil | 88.62% | South America | 57% |
| 66th | Ukraine | 87.87% | Europe | 57% |
| 67th | Croatia | 87.27% | Europe | 56% |
| 68th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 86.4% | Europe | 55% |
| 69th | Montenegro | 85.5% | Europe | 55% |
| 70th | Romania | 82.18% | Europe | 54% |
| 71st | Armenia | 82.07% | Europe | 53% |
| 72nd | Uzbekistan | 81.93% | Asia | 53% |
| 73rd | Northern Mariana Islands | 81.45% | Oceania | 52% |
| 74th | North Macedonia | 80.79% | Europe | 51% |
| 75th | Palestine | 80.64% | Asia | 51% |
| 76th | Costa Rica | 80.5% | North America | 50% |
| 77th | Morocco | 79.98% | Africa | 49% |
| 78th | Egypt | 78.94% | Africa | 49% |
| 79th | India | 76.44% | Asia | 48% |
| 80th | Russia | 76.26% | Europe | 47% |
| 81st | Moldova | 75.82% | Europe | 47% |
| 82nd | Serbia | 74.97% | Europe | 46% |
| 83rd | Colombia | 74.34% | North America | 45% |
| 84th | Kyrgyzstan | 73.88% | Asia | 45% |
| 85th | Albania | 70.79% | Europe | 44% |
| 86th | Georgia | 70.53% | Europe | 43% |
| 87th | Ecuador | 69.89% | South America | 43% |
| 88th | Trinidad and Tobago | 69.37% | North America | 42% |
| 89th | Algeria | 69.03% | Africa | 41% |
| 90th | South Africa | 68.01% | Africa | 41% |
| 91st | Guyana | 67.17% | North America | 40% |
| 92nd | North Korea | 66.61% | Asia | 39% |
| 93rd | Bhutan | 65.59% | Asia | 39% |
| 94th | Honduras | 65.52% | North America | 38% |
| 95th | Tajikistan | 65.11% | Asia | 37% |
| 96th | Tunisia | 64.98% | Africa | 37% |
| 97th | Seychelles | 64.7% | Africa | 36% |
| 98th | Paraguay | 64.36% | South America | 35% |
| 99th | Botswana | 63.29% | Africa | 35% |
| 100th | Samoa | 62.5% | Oceania | 34% |
| 101st | Iraq | 59.83% | Asia | 33% |
| 102nd | Myanmar | 59.72% | Asia | 33% |
| 103rd | Bangladesh | 59.13% | Asia | 32% |
| 104th | Vietnam | 58.58% | Asia | 31% |
| 105th | Azerbaijan | 57.81% | Europe | 31% |
| 106th | Suriname | 55.85% | North America | 30% |
| 107th | Peru | 49.43% | South America | 29% |
| 108th | Guatemala | 48.79% | North America | 29% |
| 109th | Philippines | 48.48% | Asia | 28% |
| 110th | Gambia | 48.18% | Africa | 27% |
| 111st | Lebanon | 47.7% | Asia | 27% |
| 112nd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 47.05% | North America | 26% |
| 113rd | Sri Lanka | 46.93% | Asia | 25% |
| 114th | Congo | 45.87% | Africa | 25% |
| 115th | Dominican Republic | 45.33% | North America | 24% |
| 116th | Pakistan | 44.97% | Asia | 23% |
| 117th | Mongolia | 43.36% | Asia | 23% |
| 118th | Mexico | 42.97% | North America | 22% |
| 119th | Ghana | 42.94% | Africa | 21% |
| 120th | Fiji | 42.11% | Oceania | 21% |
| 121st | Eswatini | 38.22% | Africa | 20% |
| 122nd | Sao Tome and Principe | 36.68% | Africa | 19% |
| 123rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 36.45% | Africa | 19% |
| 124th | Laos | 35.19% | Asia | 18% |
| 125th | Tanzania | 31.33% | Africa | 17% |
| 126th | Lesotho | 31.32% | Africa | 17% |
| 127th | Afghanistan | 30.55% | Asia | 16% |
| 128th | Indonesia | 30.46% | Asia | 15% |
| 129th | Cambodia | 29.99% | Asia | 15% |
| 130th | Nigeria | 29.9% | Africa | 14% |
| 131st | Tonga | 29.6% | Oceania | 13% |
| 132nd | Mozambique | 27.54% | Africa | 13% |
| 133rd | Senegal | 27.19% | Africa | 12% |
| 134th | Zimbabwe | 25.46% | Africa | 11% |
| 135th | Guinea-Bissau | 23.98% | Africa | 11% |
| 136th | Madagascar | 22.06% | Africa | 10% |
| 137th | Togo | 20.52% | Africa | 9% |
| 138th | Vanuatu | 19.2% | Oceania | 9% |
| 139th | Nauru | 18.66% | Oceania | 8% |
| 140th | Malawi | 18.18% | Africa | 7% |
| 141st | Uganda | 18.1% | Africa | 7% |
| 142nd | Benin | 17.7% | Africa | 6% |
| 143rd | Nepal | 16.49% | Asia | 5% |
| 144th | Kiribati | 15.09% | Oceania | 5% |
| 145th | Ethiopia | 13.55% | Africa | 4% |
| 146th | Congo, Democratic Republic | 11.87% | Africa | 3% |
| 147th | Sierra Leone | 10.9% | Africa | 3% |
| 148th | Tuvalu | 8.7% | Oceania | 2% |
| 149th | Chad | 6.3% | Africa | 1% |
| 150th | Central African Republic | 6.2% | Africa | 1% |