Access to drinking water, rural - Country rankings
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Percent rural population with access to drinking water, 2022:
The average for 2022 based on 73 countries was 45 percent. The highest value was in Hungary: 100 percent and the lowest value was in Democratic Republic of the Congo: 0.5 percent. The indicator is available from 2000 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: percent; Source: WHO/UNICEF
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| Countries | Access to drinking water, rural, 2022 | Global rank | Available data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 100 | 1 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Germany | 99.6 | 2 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Israel | 99.4 | 3 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Spain | 98.6 | 4 | 2000 - 2022 |
| France | 98.4 | 5 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Czechia | 97.7 | 6 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Luxembourg | 96.5 | 7 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Turkmenistan | 92.3 | 8 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Portugal | 91.2 | 9 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Iran | 87.7 | 10 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Ukraine | 86.1 | 11 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Bhutan | 84.6 | 12 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Azerbaijan | 81.1 | 13 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Costa Rica | 81.1 | 14 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Palestine | 76.4 | 15 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Brazil | 76 | 16 | 2000 - 2022 |
| North Macedonia | 74.4 | 17 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Uzbekistan | 70.7 | 18 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 67.3 | 19 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Tunisia | 67.1 | 20 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Romania | 66.7 | 21 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Serbia | 66.6 | 22 | 2000 - 2022 |
| India | 66 | 23 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Algeria | 63.1 | 24 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Bangladesh | 62.4 | 25 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Palau | 57.5 | 26 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Samoa | 56.2 | 27 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Ecuador | 53.3 | 28 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Paraguay | 50.7 | 29 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Burma | 50.4 | 30 | 2000 - 2022 |
| North Korea | 48.8 | 31 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Iraq | 47.6 | 32 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Pakistan | 46.9 | 33 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Morocco | 46.7 | 34 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Vietnam | 46.4 | 35 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Guatemala | 46 | 36 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Honduras | 45.7 | 37 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Suriname | 40.8 | 38 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Georgia | 40.5 | 39 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Colombia | 40.2 | 40 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Sri Lanka | 38.7 | 41 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Philippines | 35 | 42 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Domin. Rep. | 34.9 | 43 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Afghanistan | 27.7 | 44 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Ivory Coast | 27.3 | 45 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Fiji | 27 | 46 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Indonesia | 24.3 | 47 | 2000 - 2022 |
| S.T.&Principe | 23.8 | 48 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Tonga | 23.1 | 49 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Peru | 23 | 50 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Nigeria | 21.2 | 51 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Cambodia | 19.6 | 52 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Ghana | 18.8 | 53 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Nepal | 14.2 | 54 | 2000 - 2022 |
| G.-Bissau | 13.7 | 55 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Mongolia | 12.7 | 56 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Senegal | 12.6 | 57 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Zimbabwe | 12.6 | 58 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Laos | 12.4 | 59 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Gambia | 12.2 | 60 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Malawi | 10.2 | 61 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Madagascar | 9.6 | 62 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Uganda | 9.3 | 63 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Lesotho | 9.2 | 64 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Sierra Leone | 8.7 | 65 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Togo | 8.1 | 66 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Kiribati | 6.5 | 67 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Ethiopia | 5.8 | 68 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Tuvalu | 5.4 | 69 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Tanzania | 3.1 | 70 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Chad | 2.7 | 71 | 2000 - 2022 |
| C.A. Republic | 2.2 | 72 | 2000 - 2022 |
| DR Congo | 0.5 | 73 | 2000 - 2022 |
Definition: The percentage of people using drinking water from an improved source that is accessible on premises, available when needed and free from faecal and priority chemical contamination. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water.
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