basic drinking water services in the 2020.
In 2020, 86 percent of the world's urban population had access to safely managed drinking water services. In comparison, just 60 percent of the rural population had access to safely managed drinking water. 90 percent of the global population had access to at least Drinking water coverage of urban and rural populations worldwide in 2020, by water source
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Statistics on Water access worldwide
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Global share of Earth's water resources
- Premium Statistic Global renewable water resources 2017, by region
- Premium Statistic Global drinking water coverage shares 2015-2020, by source
- Basic Statistic Share of population with access to basic drinking water 2020, by region
- Basic Statistic Handwashing coverage worldwide 2015-2020
Resources
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- Premium Statistic Global renewable groundwater and surface water resources 2017, by region
- Premium Statistic Global renewable water resources 2018, by select country
- Premium Statistic Global renewable surface water resources 2018, by select country
- Premium Statistic Global renewable groundwater resources 2018, by select country
Consumption
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- Premium Statistic Annual water withdrawals worldwide by region 2018
- Premium Statistic Water withdrawals worldwide 2020, by select country
- Basic Statistic Global water withdrawals per capita 2020, by select country
- Premium Statistic Global fresh surface water withdrawals 2018, by select country
- Premium Statistic Global fresh groundwater withdrawals 2018, by select country
Drinking water
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- Basic Statistic Global urban and rural drinking water coverage 2020, by water source
- Premium Statistic Regional drinking water coverage worldwide 2020, by water source
- Premium Statistic Global populations without basic drinking water services worldwide 2000-2020
- Premium Statistic Regional populations without basic drinking water services worldwide 2000-2020
- Premium Statistic Access to drinking water in Asia 2020, by country
- Premium Statistic Access to drinking water in Australasia 2020, by country
- Premium Statistic Access to drinking water in Europe 2020, by country
- Premium Statistic Access to drinking water in MENA 2020, by country
Scarcity
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- Basic Statistic Water stress worldwide 2020, by country
- Premium Statistic Dependency ratio of global renewable water resources 2018, by select country
- Basic Statistic Global drought risk index 2020, by country
- Basic Statistic Handwashing coverage worldwide 2020, by select region
- Basic Statistic Countries with lowest access to handwashing facilities worldwide 2020
Further related statistics
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- Lowest drinking water standards worldwide by select country 2018
- Number of drinking water companies in the Netherlands 1990-2016
- Revenue of drinking water companies in the Netherlands 2016, by segment
- Average use of drinking water per capita in the Netherlands 2016, by household size
- Average use of drinking water per capita in the Netherlands 2016, by gender
- Netherlands: daily use of household drinking water 1995-2016
- Countries with lowest percentage of improved drinking-water sources usage 2015
- Population with access to improved water source in Asia Pacific in 2015, by country
- Population with access to water supply systems in Spain 2000-2017
- Share of polluted surface water in China 2013-2017, by region
- Global urban and rural population without access to improved water 1990-2015
- Share of schools with drinking water in rural India 2010-2022
- World drinking water coverage by type of water source 1990 and 2011
- Distribution of Haihe Basin water in China 2021, by water quality
- Access to improved water source - rural population 2012
- Dental visits among U.S. adults in the past year 2019, by urbanicity and ethinicity
- Industry revenue of “urban transit systems“ in Illinois 2012-2024
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- Lowest drinking water standards worldwide by select country 2018
- Number of drinking water companies in the Netherlands 1990-2016
- Revenue of drinking water companies in the Netherlands 2016, by segment
- Average use of drinking water per capita in the Netherlands 2016, by household size
- Average use of drinking water per capita in the Netherlands 2016, by gender
- Netherlands: daily use of household drinking water 1995-2016
- Countries with lowest percentage of improved drinking-water sources usage 2015
- Population with access to improved water source in Asia Pacific in 2015, by country
- Population with access to water supply systems in Spain 2000-2017
- Share of polluted surface water in China 2013-2017, by region
- Global urban and rural population without access to improved water 1990-2015
- Share of schools with drinking water in rural India 2010-2022
- World drinking water coverage by type of water source 1990 and 2011
- Distribution of Haihe Basin water in China 2021, by water quality
- Access to improved water source - rural population 2012
- Dental visits among U.S. adults in the past year 2019, by urbanicity and ethinicity
- Industry revenue of “urban transit systems“ in Illinois 2012-2024
WHO, & UNICEF. (July 1, 2021). Drinking water coverage of urban and rural populations worldwide in 2020, by water source [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 20, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/278660/drinking-water-coverage-in-urban-and-rural-regions-worldwide/
WHO, und UNICEF. "Drinking water coverage of urban and rural populations worldwide in 2020, by water source." Chart. July 1, 2021. Statista. Accessed March 20, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/278660/drinking-water-coverage-in-urban-and-rural-regions-worldwide/
WHO, UNICEF. (2021). Drinking water coverage of urban and rural populations worldwide in 2020, by water source. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 20, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/278660/drinking-water-coverage-in-urban-and-rural-regions-worldwide/
WHO, and UNICEF. "Drinking Water Coverage of Urban and Rural Populations Worldwide in 2020, by Water Source." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jul 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/278660/drinking-water-coverage-in-urban-and-rural-regions-worldwide/
WHO & UNICEF, Drinking water coverage of urban and rural populations worldwide in 2020, by water source Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/278660/drinking-water-coverage-in-urban-and-rural-regions-worldwide/ (last visited March 20, 2023)
Drinking water coverage of urban and rural populations worldwide in 2020, by water source [Graph], WHO, & UNICEF, July 1, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/278660/drinking-water-coverage-in-urban-and-rural-regions-worldwide/