High income - Access to safely managed drinking water services

People using safely managed drinking water services, rural (% of rural population)

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.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).

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Year Value
2002 95.47
2003 95.45
2004 95.41
2005 93.36
2006 93.41

People using safely managed drinking water services, urban (% of urban population)

People using safely managed drinking water services, urban (% of urban population) in High income was 97.83 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 97.83 in 2020, while its lowest value was 96.07 in 2000.

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.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).

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Year Value
2000 96.07
2001 96.10
2002 96.49
2003 96.52
2004 96.55
2005 96.59
2006 96.63
2007 96.68
2008 96.73
2009 96.80
2010 96.93
2011 97.05
2012 97.18
2013 97.27
2014 97.37
2015 97.46
2016 97.56
2017 97.64
2018 97.71
2019 97.77
2020 97.83

People using safely managed drinking water services (% of population)

People using safely managed drinking water services (% of population) in High income was 97.67 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 97.67 in 2020, while its lowest value was 95.90 in 2005.

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.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).

See also:

Year Value
2000 97.11
2001 97.15
2002 96.26
2003 96.28
2004 96.30
2005 95.90
2006 95.95
2007 96.01
2008 96.07
2009 96.15
2010 96.33
2011 96.50
2012 96.67
2013 96.81
2014 96.96
2015 97.10
2016 97.23
2017 97.36
2018 97.47
2019 97.58
2020 97.67

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention