Safely managed drinking water — all countries

Safely managed drinking water — Moldova

Safely managed drinking water in Moldova in 2024 — 75.8%. Ranked 81 in the world out of 148. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 35.4 pp.

2024 75.8% +0.4 pp vs 2023
World rank 81of 148
Period maximum 75.8%2024
Period minimum 40.4%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed drinking water — Moldova, 2000–202440506070802000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 40.4%2001: 42.3%2002: 44.2%2003: 46.2%2004: 48.3%2005: 50.5%2006: 52.8%2007: 55.1%2008: 57.5%2009: 59.9%2010: 62.3%2011: 64.8%2012: 67.3%2013: 69.8%2014: 72.4%2015: 72.7%2016: 73%2017: 73.4%2018: 73.7%2019: 74%2020: 74.4%2021: 74.7%2022: 75.1%2023: 75.4%2024: 75.8%
Change over the period: +35.4 pp Annual average: 1.48 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Moldova 75.8%
World 73.7%
Eastern Europe computed 82.9%
Safely managed drinking water — Moldova, by year Moldova All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 75.8 +0.4 pp
2023 75.4 +0.4 pp
2022 75.1 +0.4 pp
2021 74.7 +0.4 pp
2020 74.4 +0.3 pp
2019 74 +0.3 pp
2018 73.7 +0.3 pp
2017 73.4 +0.3 pp
2016 73 +0.3 pp
2015 72.7 +0.3 pp
2014 72.4 +2.6 pp
2013 69.8 +2.5 pp
2012 67.3 +2.5 pp
2011 64.8 +2.5 pp
2010 62.3 +2.4 pp
2009 59.9 +2.4 pp
2008 57.5 +2.4 pp
2007 55.1 +2.3 pp
2006 52.8 +2.3 pp
2005 50.5 +2.2 pp
2004 48.3 +2 pp
2003 46.2 +2 pp
2002 44.2 +2 pp
2001 42.3 +1.9 pp
2000 40.4

About the indicator

The share of the population with safely managed drinking water — the top rung of the WHO and UNICEF ladder. Three requirements at once: the source is improved and located in the dwelling or on the plot, water is available when it is needed, and it is free of contamination. It is this indicator that is written into Sustainable Development Goal 6.1, whereas the better-known “basic access” requires only an improved source within half an hour's walk — the gap between the two measures in some countries exceeds forty percentage points.

Important: Stricter than basic access on three counts at once. There are fewer territories than for the basic indicator: testing for contamination requires laboratory data, which are not available everywhere.

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