Global drinking water coverage shares 2015-2020, by source
The proportion of the world's population with access to safely managed drinking water increased from 70 percent to 74 percent between 2015 and 2020. As of 2020, five percent of the world's population only had access to unimproved drinking water services. Unimproved drinking water comes from unprotected dug wells or unprotected springs. Regionally, Sub -Saharan Africa and Oceania had the lowest share of populations with access to at least basic drinking water services.
