Health
Safe drinking water
SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS · %
Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Sudan, Sierra Leone, Switzerland. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.
- Latest value, Italy
- 96.76%2024
- Period covered
- 2000 - 202425 annual values
- Highest of the compared countries
- 99.96%Netherlands, 2024
- Lowest of the compared countries
- 10.9%Sierra Leone, 2024
8 countries compared, that is the maximum. Remove one to add another.
Latest known valuesorted by value
Netherlands99.96%2024
Spain99.46%2024
United States97.57%2024
Italy96.76%2024
Switzerland96.7%2024
Sierra Leone10.9%2024
Year by year values
Click the Year header to reverse the order. An empty cell means the World Bank publishes nothing for that country that year.
| Italy | Spain | Netherlands | United States | Sierra Leone | Switzerland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 96.76% | 99.46% | 99.96% | 97.57% | 10.9% | 96.7% |
| 2023 | 96.71% | 99.47% | 99.96% | 97.57% | 10.61% | 96.7% |
| 2022 | 96.66% | 99.49% | 99.96% | 97.47% | 10.33% | 96.7% |
| 2021 | 96.61% | 99.51% | 99.96% | 97.32% | 10.05% | 96.7% |
| 2020 | 96.56% | 99.52% | 99.97% | 97.16% | 9.77% | 96.7% |
| 2019 | 96.52% | 99.54% | 99.97% | 97.01% | 9.49% | 96.7% |
| 2018 | 96.47% | 99.55% | 99.97% | 96.85% | 9.22% | 96.7% |
| 2017 | 96.42% | 99.57% | 99.97% | 96.69% | 8.95% | 96.7% |
| 2016 | 96.37% | 99.58% | 99.97% | 96.54% | 8.69% | 96.7% |
| 2015 | 96.32% | 99.6% | 99.97% | 96.37% | 8.43% | 96.7% |
| 2014 | 96.27% | 99.6% | 99.98% | 96.21% | 8.17% | 96.7% |
| 2013 | 96.2% | 99.62% | 99.98% | 96.05% | 7.92% | 96.7% |
| 2012 | 96.13% | 99.65% | 99.98% | 95.89% | 7.67% | 96.7% |
| 2011 | 96.05% | 99.66% | 99.98% | 95.72% | 7.43% | 96.7% |
| 2010 | 95.98% | 99.66% | 99.98% | 95.56% | 7.19% | 96.7% |
| 2009 | 95.91% | 99.64% | 99.98% | 95.39% | 6.95% | 96.7% |
| 2008 | 95.83% | 99.61% | 99.98% | 95.38% | 6.72% | 96.7% |
| 2007 | 95.76% | 99.57% | 99.99% | 95.37% | 6.5% | 96.7% |
| 2006 | 95.69% | 99.54% | 99.99% | 95.36% | 6.28% | 96.7% |
| 2005 | 95.61% | 99.5% | 99.99% | 95.36% | 6.06% | 96.7% |
| 2004 | 95.54% | 99.46% | 99.99% | 5.85% | 96.7% | |
| 2003 | 95.42% | 99.43% | 99.99% | 5.66% | 96.7% | |
| 2002 | 95.21% | 99.39% | 99.99% | 5.47% | 96.7% | |
| 2001 | 94.99% | 99.36% | 100% | 5.28% | 96.7% | |
| 2000 | 94.77% | 99.36% | 100% | 5.17% | 96.7% |
World Bank definition
People using safely managed drinking water services (% of population)
The percentage of people using drinking water from an improved source that is accessible on premises, available when needed and free from fecal and priority chemical contamination. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water.
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