Global urban and rural drinking water coverage 2022, by water source

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Erick Burgueño Salas,
Mar 20, 2024
In 2022, 81 percent of the world's urban population had access to safely managed drinking water services. In comparison, just 62 percent of the rural population had access to safely managed drinking water. 91 percent of the global population had access to at least basic drinking water services in 2022.

Drinking water coverage of urban and rural populations worldwide in 2022, by water source

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Release date

July 2023

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

Unimproved water sources are those that are exposed to outside contamination, particularly faecal matter.

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