Access to clean water — all countries

Access to clean water — G20

Access to clean water in the G20 in 2024 — 96.5%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 12.1 pp.

2024 96.5% +0.2 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 96.5%2024
Period minimum 84.4%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to clean water — G20, 2000–2024808590951002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 84.4%2001: 84.8%2002: 85.6%2003: 86.2%2004: 86.8%2005: 88.2%2006: 88.7%2007: 89.3%2008: 89.8%2009: 90.3%2010: 90.8%2011: 91.3%2012: 91.7%2013: 92.2%2014: 92.6%2015: 93%2016: 93.4%2017: 93.8%2018: 94.2%2019: 94.6%2020: 95%2021: 95.4%2022: 95.9%2023: 96.3%2024: 96.5%
Change over the period: +12.1 pp Annual average: 0.5 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20

G20 96.5%
World 91.5%
Access to clean water — G20, by year G20 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 96.5 +0.2 pp
2023 96.3 +0.4 pp
2022 95.9 +0.5 pp
2021 95.4 +0.4 pp
2020 95 +0.4 pp
2019 94.6 +0.4 pp
2018 94.2 +0.4 pp
2017 93.8 +0.4 pp
2016 93.4 +0.4 pp
2015 93 +0.4 pp
2014 92.6 +0.4 pp
2013 92.2 +0.4 pp
2012 91.7 +0.5 pp
2011 91.3 +0.5 pp
2010 90.8 +0.5 pp
2009 90.3 +0.5 pp
2008 89.8 +0.5 pp
2007 89.3 +0.5 pp
2006 88.7 +0.5 pp
2005 88.2 +1.4 pp
2004 86.8 +0.6 pp
2003 86.2 +0.6 pp
2002 85.6 +0.8 pp
2001 84.8 +0.4 pp
2000 84.4

About the indicator

The share of the population using improved sources of drinking water — piped supply, protected wells and springs located no further than 30 minutes away round trip. An improved source does not guarantee that the water is safe, but it is the minimum threshold below which the risk of intestinal infections rises sharply.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.