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Drinking water and sanitation access by country, 2000-2024

Safely managed and basic drinking water, sanitation and handwashing shares for 217 economies, 2000-2024, from the World Bank.

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1	Drinking water and sanitation access by country, 2000-2024
2	Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS, SH.H2O.BASW.ZS, SH.STA.SMSS.ZS, SH.STA.BASS.ZS, SH.STA.HYGN.ZS; WHO/UNICEF JMP) · Retrieved 2026-10-09 · License: CC BY 4.0
3	Percent of population. Values are the World Bank's published figures, unmodified. Latest year is 2024 unless a row says otherwise.
4
5	WORLD: SAFELY MANAGED WATER, %	WORLD: AT LEAST BASIC WATER, %				WORLD: SAFELY MANAGED SANITATION, %				WORLD: HANDWASHING, %
6	73.7	91.5				58.5				78.0
7	2024, World Bank WLD aggregate	2024, World Bank WLD aggregate				2024, World Bank WLD aggregate				2024, World Bank WLD aggregate
8
9	World trend, 2000 to 2024 (World Bank WLD aggregate)
10	Indicator	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020	2024	Change, points	Trend
11	Safely managed drinking water	61.2	62.5	63.8	65.9	68.2	70.5	73.7	12.4	▁▁▁▁▂▂▂▂▂▃▃▃▄▄▄▅▅▅▆▆▆▆▇▇█
12	At least basic drinking water	80.6	82.6	85.2	86.9	88.5	90.0	91.5	10.8	▁▁▂▂▂▃▃▄▄▄▅▅▅▅▆▆▆▆▇▇▇▇███
13	Safely managed sanitation	31.3	34.0	38.9	44.1	49.9	55.2	58.5	27.2	▁▁▁▁▂▂▂▃▃▃▄▄▄▅▅▅▆▆▇▇▇▇███
14	At least basic sanitation	54.8	59.6	64.3	68.9	73.8	78.3	82.2	27.4	▁▁▂▂▂▃▃▃▃▄▄▄▅▅▅▆▆▆▆▇▇▇███
15	Handwashing with soap and water						72.5	78.0		▁▂▃▄▅▆██
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1	Safely managed drinking water, % of population, 2000-2024									0-25		25-50
2	Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS; WHO/UNICEF JMP) · Retrieved 2026-10-09 · License: CC BY 4.0 · Cell colors are fixed value bands computed from the published values when this file was built
3	Country	ISO3	Region	Income group	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
4	Afghanistan	AFG	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income	11.5	11.5	12.3	13.1	13.9	14.7	15.5	16.7
5	Albania	ALB	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	49.1	49.1	49.0	48.9	50.7	52.6	54.5	56.4
6	Algeria	DZA	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income	69.5	70.0	70.5	70.9	71.4	71.8	72.3	72.7
7	American Samoa	ASM	East Asia & Pacific	High income	81.9	82.6	83.3	84.0	84.6	85.3	86.0	86.7
8	Andorra	AND	Europe & Central Asia	High income	90.6	90.6	90.6	90.6	90.6	90.6	90.6	90.6
9	Angola	AGO	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
10	Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
11	Argentina	ARG	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
12	Armenia	ARM	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	82.7	82.7	82.8	82.9	83.0	83.0	83.1	83.2
13	Aruba	ABW	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
14	Australia	AUS	East Asia & Pacific	High income
15	Austria	AUT	Europe & Central Asia	High income	96.9	97.0	97.2	97.3	97.5	97.6	97.8	97.9
16	Azerbaijan	AZE	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	48.8	49.2	49.5	49.9	50.3	50.6	51.0	51.3

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1	At least basic drinking water, % of population, 2000-2024									0-25		25-50
2	Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (SH.H2O.BASW.ZS; WHO/UNICEF JMP) · Retrieved 2026-10-09 · License: CC BY 4.0 · Cell colors are fixed value bands computed from the published values when this file was built
3	Country	ISO3	Region	Income group	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
4	Afghanistan	AFG	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income	29.7	29.8	31.8	33.9	36.0	38.1	40.2	42.4
5	Albania	ALB	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	86.4	86.9	87.5	88.0	88.5	89.0	89.5	90.0
6	Algeria	DZA	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income	89.0	89.2	89.3	89.5	89.7	89.9	90.0	90.2
7	American Samoa	ASM	East Asia & Pacific	High income	95.0	95.3	95.5	95.7	96.0	96.2	96.4	96.7
8	Andorra	AND	Europe & Central Asia	High income	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
9	Angola	AGO	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	37.8	38.3	38.8	40.4	42.0	43.6	45.0	46.5
10	Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	97.5	97.5	97.6	97.7	97.7	97.8	97.9	97.9
11	Argentina	ARG	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	96.3	96.5	96.8	97.0	97.2	97.4	97.6	97.8
12	Armenia	ARM	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	95.7	95.9	96.1	96.3	96.6	96.8	97.1	97.3
13	Aruba	ABW	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	95.2	95.4	95.5	95.6	95.7	95.9	96.0	96.1
14	Australia	AUS	East Asia & Pacific	High income	99.7	99.7	99.7	99.7	99.8	99.8	99.8	99.8
15	Austria	AUT	Europe & Central Asia	High income	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
16	Azerbaijan	AZE	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	75.6	76.5	77.4	78.3	79.2	80.1	81.1	82.0

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	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L
1	Safely managed sanitation, % of population, 2000-2024									0-25		25-50
2	Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (SH.STA.SMSS.ZS; WHO/UNICEF JMP) · Retrieved 2026-10-09 · License: CC BY 4.0 · Cell colors are fixed value bands computed from the published values when this file was built
3	Country	ISO3	Region	Income group	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
4	Afghanistan	AFG	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income	10.1	10.1	10.9	11.6	12.3	13.0	13.7	14.4
5	Albania	ALB	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	22.9	23.5	24.0	24.6	25.1	25.9	26.7	27.4
6	Algeria	DZA	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income	58.9	59.2	59.5	59.9	60.2	60.5	60.8	61.1
7	American Samoa	ASM	East Asia & Pacific	High income	42.9	42.8	42.8	42.8	42.7	42.7	42.7	42.6
8	Andorra	AND	Europe & Central Asia	High income	21.3	26.2	31.1	36.0	40.9	45.8	50.7	55.6
9	Angola	AGO	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
10	Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
11	Argentina	ARG	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	48.1	48.3	48.5	48.6	48.8	49.0	49.1	49.3
12	Armenia	ARM	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	15.0	14.9	14.7	14.5	14.2	14.0	13.8	13.6
13	Aruba	ABW	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
14	Australia	AUS	East Asia & Pacific	High income	93.7	93.8	93.9	94.0	94.1	94.2	94.2	94.3
15	Austria	AUT	Europe & Central Asia	High income	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
16	Azerbaijan	AZE	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	37.9	38.7	39.5	40.9	42.2	43.7	45.2	46.7

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1	At least basic sanitation, % of population, 2000-2024									0-25		25-50
2	Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (SH.STA.BASS.ZS; WHO/UNICEF JMP) · Retrieved 2026-10-09 · License: CC BY 4.0 · Cell colors are fixed value bands computed from the published values when this file was built
3	Country	ISO3	Region	Income group	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
4	Afghanistan	AFG	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income	22.3	22.3	23.7	25.2	26.6	28.0	29.5	30.9
5	Albania	ALB	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	89.5	90.0	90.6	91.2	91.7	92.3	92.9	93.5
6	Algeria	DZA	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income	84.5	84.8	85.0	85.3	85.6	85.8	86.1	86.3
7	American Samoa	ASM	East Asia & Pacific	High income	62.3	62.3	62.3	62.3	62.3	62.3	62.2	62.2
8	Andorra	AND	Europe & Central Asia	High income	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
9	Angola	AGO	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	33.8	34.3	34.7	35.8	36.8	37.8	38.7	39.6
10	Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	84.8	85.5	86.3	87.1	87.9	88.6	89.4	90.2
11	Argentina	ARG	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	87.7	88.1	88.6	89.1	89.5	90.0	90.5	90.9
12	Armenia	ARM	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	88.0	88.2	88.5	88.7	88.9	89.1	89.4	89.6
13	Aruba	ABW	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	98.0	98.0	98.1	98.1	98.1	98.2	98.2	98.2
14	Australia	AUS	East Asia & Pacific	High income	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
15	Austria	AUT	Europe & Central Asia	High income	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
16	Azerbaijan	AZE	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	68.4	69.4	70.5	71.5	72.6	73.9	75.2	76.6

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1	Handwashing with soap and water, % of population, 2000-2024									0-25		25-50
2	Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (SH.STA.HYGN.ZS; WHO/UNICEF JMP) · Retrieved 2026-10-09 · License: CC BY 4.0 · Cell colors are fixed value bands computed from the published values when this file was built
3	Country	ISO3	Region	Income group	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
4	Afghanistan	AFG	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income						35.3	35.4	35.5
5	Albania	ALB	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
6	Algeria	DZA	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income								82.9
7	American Samoa	ASM	East Asia & Pacific	High income
8	Andorra	AND	Europe & Central Asia	High income
9	Angola	AGO	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
10	Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
11	Argentina	ARG	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
12	Armenia	ARM	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	83.2	83.8	84.4	85.0	85.7	86.3	86.9	87.6
13	Aruba	ABW	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
14	Australia	AUS	East Asia & Pacific	High income
15	Austria	AUT	Europe & Central Asia	High income
16	Azerbaijan	AZE	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income								88.0

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1	Latest published value of each indicator, by country (through 2024)
2	Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS, SH.H2O.BASW.ZS, SH.STA.SMSS.ZS, SH.STA.BASS.ZS, SH.STA.HYGN.ZS; WHO/UNICEF JMP) · Retrieved 2026-10-09 · License: CC BY 4.0 · Values are read from the data tabs by formula;…
3	Country	ISO3	Region	Income group	Safely managed drinking water: latest year	Safely managed drinking water, %	Safely managed drinking water: gap to 100	At least basic drinking water: latest year	At least basic drinking water, %	At least basic drinking water: gap to 100	Safely managed sanitation: latest year	Safely managed sanitation, %
4	Afghanistan	AFG	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income	2024	30.6	69.4	2024	80.8	19.2	2024	24.8
5	Albania	ALB	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	2024	70.8	29.2	2024	95.1	4.9	2024	69.3
6	Algeria	DZA	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income	2024	69.0	31.0	2024	92.4	7.6	2024	62.5
7	American Samoa	ASM	East Asia & Pacific	High income	2024	90.5	9.5	2024	100.0	0.0	2024	42.9
8	Andorra	AND	Europe & Central Asia	High income	2024	90.6	9.4	2024	100.0	0.0	2024	100.0
9	Angola	AGO	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income				2024	68.0	32.0
10	Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	Latin America & Caribbean	High income				2024	98.9	1.1
11	Argentina	ARG	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income				2016	99.0	1.0	2016	48.5
12	Armenia	ARM	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	2024	82.1	17.9	2024	99.9	0.1	2024	10.7
13	Aruba	ABW	Latin America & Caribbean	High income				2016	96.7	3.3
14	Australia	AUS	East Asia & Pacific	High income				2024	100.0	0.0	2024	95.8
15	Austria	AUT	Europe & Central Asia	High income	2024	98.9	1.1	2024	100.0	0.0	2024	98.5
16	Azerbaijan	AZE	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	2024	57.8	42.2	2024	97.7	2.3	2024	68.0

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1	World Bank regional, income-group and world aggregates
2	Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS, SH.H2O.BASW.ZS, SH.STA.SMSS.ZS, SH.STA.BASS.ZS, SH.STA.HYGN.ZS) · Retrieved 2026-10-09 · License: CC BY 4.0 · Aggregates as published by the World Bank, not summed from the…
3	Aggregate	Code	Type	Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
4	World	WLD	World	Safely managed drinking water (SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS)	61.2	61.5	61.8	62.1	62.5	62.8	63.1	63.4
5	East Asia & Pacific	EAS	Region	Safely managed drinking water (SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS)	68.4	68.9	70.0	70.6	71.3	71.9	72.5	73.0
6	Europe & Central Asia	ECS	Region	Safely managed drinking water (SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS)	86.5	86.6	86.8	86.9	87.3	88.4	88.7	89.1
7	Latin America & Caribbean	LCN	Region	Safely managed drinking water (SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS)	70.2	70.5	70.7	71.0	71.3	71.9	72.1	72.4
8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	MEA	Region	Safely managed drinking water (SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS)	62.1	62.3	62.4	62.5	62.6	62.8	63.1	63.3
9	North America	NAC	Region	Safely managed drinking water (SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS)						95.4	95.4	95.4
10	South Asia	SAS	Region	Safely managed drinking water (SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS)	41.0	42.3	43.7	45.0	46.4	47.8	49.3	50.8
11	Sub-Saharan Africa	SSF	Region	Safely managed drinking water (SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS)	17.9	18.1	18.5	18.9	19.4	19.9	20.5	21.0
12	High income	HIC	Income group	Safely managed drinking water (SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS)	92.7	92.9	93.0	93.2	93.4	94.0	94.2	94.3
13	Upper middle income	UMC	Income group	Safely managed drinking water (SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS)	69.9	70.2	71.0	71.6	72.1	72.7	73.2	73.8
14	Lower middle income	LMC	Income group	Safely managed drinking water (SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS)	43.8	44.8	45.9	46.9	48.0	49.1	50.2	51.4
15	Low income	LIC	Income group	Safely managed drinking water (SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS)	22.3	22.4	22.5	22.7	22.9	23.2	23.6	24.1
16	World	WLD	World	At least basic drinking water (SH.H2O.BASW.ZS)	80.6	80.9	81.6	82.1	82.6	83.9	84.3	84.8

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1	About this dataset
2	Source: World Bank WDI · Retrieved 2026-10-09 · License: CC BY 4.0
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4	What this workbook is
5	Summary	Shares of each country's population using safely managed or at least basic drinking water and sanitation services, and the share with a handwashing facility with soap and water, for 217 World Bank-listed economies, 2000-2024. Five indicato…
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7	Tabs
8	Dashboard	KPI tiles for the world in 2024, a world trend, regions compared, and the 15 countries with the lowest safely managed drinking water (formulas over the Latest year tab).
9	Drinking water (safely managed)	Wide table: one row per country, one column per year. Indicator SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS.
10	Drinking water (basic)	Same layout. Indicator SH.H2O.BASW.ZS. Includes the people counted as safely managed.
11	Sanitation (safely managed)	Same layout. Indicator SH.STA.SMSS.ZS.
12	Sanitation (basic)	Same layout. Indicator SH.STA.BASS.ZS. Includes the people counted as safely managed.
13	Handwashing	Same layout. Indicator SH.STA.HYGN.ZS: households with a handwashing facility with soap and water.
14	Latest year	One row per country: the latest published year and value of each indicator (year is fixed at build time; the value is read from the data tab by formula), the gap to 100 (formula), two bar columns, and a tie-break sort key.
15	Regions & income groups	The World Bank's aggregate series for the world (WLD), seven regions and four income groups, one block per indicator, with an Indicator column.
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What does this dataset do?

This workbook holds the share of each country's population using drinking water and sanitation services, and the share with a handwashing facility with soap and water, for 217 economies from 2000 to 2024. The figures are the World Bank's World Development Indicators, which republish the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) estimates. Five indicators each have their own tab, laid out as one row per country and one column per year.

The Latest year tab gives each country's most recent value and year for every indicator, the gap to universal coverage (100 minus the value) and two text bar columns. The Dashboard shows world figures for the latest year, a world trend, regional comparisons and the 15 countries with the lowest safely managed drinking water, all computed by formula from the data tabs.

Every number is the published value, unmodified. Where no value is published the cell is blank, and nothing is estimated. The heat-map colors reflect the published values when the file was built. The About tab quotes the official indicator definitions and gives a ready-to-use credit line under CC BY 4.0.

What’s inside

217 economies, 2000-2024, with ISO3 code, World Bank region and income group
Five WDI indicators: SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS, SH.H2O.BASW.ZS, SH.STA.SMSS.ZS, SH.STA.BASS.ZS and SH.STA.HYGN.ZS
Dashboard with KPI tiles, a world trend, regional bars and a formula-driven lowest-15 ranking
Latest year tab with the year and value of each indicator, gap to 100 and two bar columns
Heat-map colors on every data tab, with a legend and a note on when they were computed
CC BY 4.0 with a ready-made credit line and the official definitions on the About tab

Which tabs does the workbook have?

Tab	What it holds
Dashboard	World KPIs for 2024, world trend, regional bars and the 15 lowest countries for safely managed drinking water.
Drinking water (safely managed)	Percent of population using safely managed drinking water, 2000-2024.
Drinking water (basic)	Percent of population using at least basic drinking water, 2000-2024.
Sanitation (safely managed)	Percent of population using safely managed sanitation, 2000-2024.
Sanitation (basic)	Percent of population using at least basic sanitation, 2000-2024.
Handwashing	Percent of population with a handwashing facility with soap and water, 2000-2024.
Latest year	Latest year, value and gap to 100 for each indicator per country, with bar columns and a sort key.
Regions & income groups	World Bank aggregates for the world, seven regions and four income groups, for all five indicators.
About	Official indicator definitions, sources, license, credit line and known gaps.

What formulas does this dataset use?

This dataset holds 3,157 formulas in 30,646 cells across 9 tabs, so 10% of its cells calculate. They use 14 distinct functions; the longest formula is 2,854 characters and 1,355 of them read from another tab.

Function	Uses	What it does
`IF`	3,227	one result when a test is true, another when false
`ISNUMBER`	1,437	true for a number
`INDEX`	1,205	value at a position in a range
`MATCH`	1,100	position of a value in a range
`MAX`	610	largest value
`ROUND`	605	rounds to a number of digits
`MIN`	485	smallest value
`OR`	480	true when any test is true
`REPT`	480	repeats text
`COUNTIF`	217	counts cells meeting one condition
`CHOOSE`	125	picks the nth value from a list
`SMALL`	15	nth smallest value

The 12 most used of 14 functions. Counted from the workbook itself. Only functions that Excel, LibreOffice Calc, Google Sheets and Apple Numbers evaluate the same way are used, so the formulas survive every download format.

How do you use it?

Open the Dashboard for world figures and the lowest-ranked countries, then open a data tab for the full series.
Pick one indicator tab and read across a row for one country's time series, or down a column for one year.
Use the Latest year tab to compare countries on their most recent value; the year column says which year each value is from.
Filter the Region or Income group columns with the header drop-downs to compare groups.
Copy the credit line from the About tab when you publish anything based on the data.

What do the columns and units mean?

Column	Unit	Meaning
Country	text	Country or territory name as used by the World Bank.
ISO3	code	World Bank three-letter country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-3, with XKX for Kosovo and CHI for the Channel Islands).
Region	text	World Bank region.
Income group	text	World Bank income classification.
Safely managed drinking water 2000-2024	% of population	People using safely managed drinking water services (SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS).
At least basic drinking water 2000-2024	% of population	People using at least basic drinking water services, including safely managed (SH.H2O.BASW.ZS).
Safely managed sanitation 2000-2024	% of population	People using safely managed sanitation services (SH.STA.SMSS.ZS).
At least basic sanitation 2000-2024	% of population	People using at least basic sanitation services, including safely managed (SH.STA.BASS.ZS).
Handwashing with soap and water 2000-2024	% of population	People with a basic handwashing facility with soap and water on the premises (SH.STA.HYGN.ZS).
Latest year	year	Most recent year with a published value, per country and indicator (Latest year tab).
Gap to 100	percentage points	100 minus the latest value (Latest year tab).

Where does the data come from?

World Bank, World Development Indicators (WHO/UNICEF JMP estimates), licensed CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 9 Oct 2026.

Cite as: World Bank, World Development Indicators (SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS, SH.H2O.BASW.ZS, SH.STA.SMSS.ZS, SH.STA.BASS.ZS, SH.STA.HYGN.ZS; WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene), database last updated 2026-10-08; retrieved 2026-10-09 from https://api.worldbank.org/v2/. Licensed CC BY 4.0.

Underlying source per the World Bank: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene. Values are unmodified; blank means not published. Country list and region and income-group assignments come from the World Bank country API (entries with a region other than 'NA').

What is it good for?

Comparing drinking water and sanitation access across countries
Tracking progress toward universal safely managed services over 25 years
Building a regional comparison for a water or health report
Joining coverage data to other country data on ISO3 codes
Ranking countries by the gap to universal access

Questions about this sheet

What does safely managed mean?

Safely managed drinking water comes from an improved source that is on premises, available when needed and free from contamination. Safely managed sanitation means improved facilities not shared with other households, with excreta safely disposed of in place or treated off site.

Why is the basic figure higher than the safely managed figure?

The at-least-basic indicators include everyone counted as safely managed, so the basic share is never lower. The difference is people who use basic services that do not meet every safely managed condition.

Why are some countries blank?

The World Bank publishes no value for them in that year or in any year, so this file does not estimate them. 66 economies have no safely managed drinking water value in any year.

Can I use these figures commercially?

Yes. The World Bank publishes this data under CC BY 4.0, which allows commercial use and adaptation with attribution. The About tab has a credit line you can copy.

Will the numbers match the World Bank website?

They match the API response retrieved on 2026-10-09 (database updated 2026-10-08). The JMP and the World Bank revise past years when new survey data arrive, so later downloads may differ.