Access to clean water — all countries

Access to clean water — Upper-middle-income countries

Access to clean water in upper-middle-income countries in 2024 — 95.8%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 12.1 pp.

2024 95.8% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 95.8%2024
Period minimum 83.7%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to clean water — Upper-middle-income countries, 2000–2024808590951002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 83.7%2001: 84.1%2002: 84.9%2003: 85.6%2004: 86.3%2005: 87%2006: 87.7%2007: 88.3%2008: 89%2009: 89.6%2010: 90.2%2011: 90.7%2012: 91.2%2013: 91.7%2014: 92.2%2015: 92.6%2016: 93%2017: 93.3%2018: 93.7%2019: 94.1%2020: 94.5%2021: 94.9%2022: 95.4%2023: 95.8%2024: 95.8%
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: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 95.8%
World 91.5%
Access to clean water — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 95.8 +0 pp
2023 95.8 +0.4 pp
2022 95.4 +0.5 pp
2021 94.9 +0.5 pp
2020 94.5 +0.4 pp
2019 94.1 +0.4 pp
2018 93.7 +0.4 pp
2017 93.3 +0.3 pp
2016 93 +0.4 pp
2015 92.6 +0.4 pp
2014 92.2 +0.5 pp
2013 91.7 +0.5 pp
2012 91.2 +0.5 pp
2011 90.7 +0.5 pp
2010 90.2 +0.6 pp
2009 89.6 +0.6 pp
2008 89 +0.6 pp
2007 88.3 +0.7 pp
2006 87.7 +0.7 pp
2005 87 +0.7 pp
2004 86.3 +0.7 pp
2003 85.6 +0.7 pp
2002 84.9 +0.7 pp
2001 84.1 +0.4 pp
2000 83.7

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.