Access to clean water — all countries

Access to clean water — OECD

Access to clean water in the OECD in 2024 — 99.2%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.7 pp.

2024 99.2% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 99.2%2024
Period minimum 97.4%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to clean water — OECD, 2000–20249797.59898.59999.52000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 97.4%2001: 97.5%2002: 97.7%2003: 97.7%2004: 97.8%2005: 98.2%2006: 98.2%2007: 98.3%2008: 98.4%2009: 98.4%2010: 98.5%2011: 98.5%2012: 98.6%2013: 98.7%2014: 98.7%2015: 98.8%2016: 98.8%2017: 98.9%2018: 98.9%2019: 99%2020: 99%2021: 99.1%2022: 99.1%2023: 99.2%2024: 99.2%
Change over the period: +1.7 pp Annual average: 0.07 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

OECD 99.2%
World 91.5%
Access to clean water — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 99.2 +0 pp
2023 99.2 +0 pp
2022 99.1 +0 pp
2021 99.1 +0 pp
2020 99 +0.1 pp
2019 99 +0.1 pp
2018 98.9 +0.1 pp
2017 98.9 +0.1 pp
2016 98.8 +0.1 pp
2015 98.8 +0.1 pp
2014 98.7 +0.1 pp
2013 98.7 +0.1 pp
2012 98.6 +0.1 pp
2011 98.5 +0.1 pp
2010 98.5 +0.1 pp
2009 98.4 +0.1 pp
2008 98.4 +0.1 pp
2007 98.3 +0.1 pp
2006 98.2 +0.1 pp
2005 98.2 +0.3 pp
2004 97.8 +0.1 pp
2003 97.7 +0.1 pp
2002 97.7 +0.2 pp
2001 97.5 +0.1 pp
2000 97.4

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.