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Safely managed drinking water Ranking Map for 151 countries and territories Limited coverage: Countries and territories with a safely managed drinking-water estimate from the WHO/UNICEF joint monitoring programme. 151 countries and territories included; reference period: latest available year by country (2010–2025).
In the available data, Gibraltar and 9 other countries and territories share the highest recorded value at 100% (tied rank #1); Japan ranks #34 at 98.7%. Coverage: 151 countries and territories. Reference years: tied first-place countries 2024; Japan 2024. This requires an improved source that is on premises, available when needed and free from specified contamination.
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Compare safely managed drinking water within the covered dataset. Countries and territories with a safely managed drinking-water estimate from the WHO/UNICEF joint monitoring programme.
Japan 98.7%
Japan, world rank 34 for Safely managed drinking water, 98.7%
Fiji: 42.1% Tanzania: 31.3% Western Sahara: Not included in this limited dataset Canada: 96.9% United States: 97.6% Kazakhstan: 91.5% Uzbekistan: 81.9% Papua New Guinea: Not included in this limited dataset Indonesia: 30.5% Argentina: Not included in this limited dataset Chile: 97.8% Democratic Republic of the Congo: 11.9% Somalia: Not included in this limited dataset Kenya: Not included in this limited dataset Sudan: Not included in this limited dataset Chad: 6.3% Haiti: Not included in this limited dataset Dominican Republic: 45.3% Russia: 76.3% Bahamas: Not included in this limited dataset Falkland Islands: Not included in this limited dataset Norway: 99.1% Greenland: Not included in this limited dataset Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: No data Timor-Leste: Not included in this limited dataset South Africa: 68% Lesotho: 31.3% Mexico: 43% Uruguay: Not included in this limited dataset Brazil: 88.6% Bolivia: Not included in this limited dataset Peru: 49.4% Colombia: 74.3% Panama: Not included in this limited dataset Costa Rica: 80.5% Nicaragua: Not included in this limited dataset Honduras: 65.5% El Salvador: Not included in this limited dataset Guatemala: 48.8% Belize: Not included in this limited dataset Venezuela: Not included in this limited dataset Guyana: 67.2% Suriname: 55.8% France: 99.7% Ecuador: 69.9% Puerto Rico: 98.9% Jamaica: Not included in this limited dataset Cuba: Not included in this limited dataset Zimbabwe: 25.5% Botswana: 63.3% Namibia: Not included in this limited dataset Senegal: 27.2% Mali: Not included in this limited dataset Mauritania: Not included in this limited dataset Benin: 17.7% Niger: Not included in this limited dataset Nigeria: 29.9% Cameroon: Not included in this limited dataset Togo: 20.5% Ghana: 42.9% Côte d’Ivoire: 36.4% Guinea: Not included in this limited dataset Guinea-Bissau: 24% Liberia: Not included in this limited dataset Sierra Leone: 10.9% Burkina Faso: Not included in this limited dataset Central African Republic: 6.2% Republic of the Congo: 45.9% Gabon: Not included in this limited dataset Equatorial Guinea: Not included in this limited dataset Zambia: Not included in this limited dataset Malawi: 18.2% Mozambique: 27.5% Eswatini: 38.2% Angola: Not included in this limited dataset Burundi: Not included in this limited dataset Israel: 99.5% Lebanon: 47.7% Madagascar: 22.1% Palestine: 80.6% Gambia: 48.2% Tunisia: 65% Algeria: 69% Jordan: 89% United Arab Emirates: 98.6% Qatar: 95.3% Kuwait: 100% Iraq: 59.8% Oman: 91.1% Vanuatu: 19.2% Cambodia: 30% Thailand: Not included in this limited dataset Laos: 35.2% Myanmar: 59.7% Vietnam: 58.6% North Korea: 66.6% South Korea: 99.3% Mongolia: 43.4% India: 76.4% Bangladesh: 59.1% Bhutan: 65.6% Nepal: 16.5% Pakistan: 45% Afghanistan: 30.6% Tajikistan: 65.1% Kyrgyzstan: 73.9% Turkmenistan: 94.9% Iran: 94.4% Syria: Not included in this limited dataset Armenia: 82.1% Sweden: 99.8% Belarus: 93.1% Ukraine: 87.9% Poland: 88.7% Austria: 98.9% Hungary: 100% Moldova: 75.8% Romania: 82.2% Lithuania: 96.7% Latvia: 97% Estonia: 98.9% Germany: 99.9% Bulgaria: 96.2% Greece: 96.7% Türkiye: Not included in this limited dataset Albania: 70.8% Croatia: 87.3% Switzerland: 96.7% Luxembourg: 99.7% Belgium: 99.5% Netherlands: 100% Portugal: 95.2% Spain: 99.5% Ireland: 96.1% New Caledonia: 96.9% Solomon Islands: Not included in this limited dataset New Zealand: 100% Australia: Not included in this limited dataset Sri Lanka: 46.9% China: Not included in this limited dataset Taiwan: Not included in this limited dataset Italy: 96.8% Denmark: 99.9% United Kingdom: 99.8% Iceland: 100% Azerbaijan: 57.8% Georgia: 70.5% Philippines: 48.5% Malaysia: 94.7% Brunei: Not included in this limited dataset Slovenia: 99.6% Finland: 99.6% Slovakia: 99.6% Czechia: 98.1% Eritrea: Not included in this limited dataset Japan: 98.7% Paraguay: 64.4% Yemen: Not included in this limited dataset Saudi Arabia: Not included in this limited dataset Antarctica: No data N. Cyprus: No data Cyprus: 99.7% Morocco: 80% Egypt: 78.9% Libya: Not included in this limited dataset Ethiopia: 13.5% Djibouti: Not included in this limited dataset Somaliland: No data Uganda: 18.1% Rwanda: Not included in this limited dataset Bosnia and Herzegovina: 86.4% North Macedonia: 80.8% Serbia: 75% Montenegro: 85.5% Kosovo: No data Trinidad and Tobago: 69.4% South Sudan: Not included in this limited dataset Japan Kuwait 1 Hungary 1 Iceland 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo 147 Sierra Leone 148 Chad 150 Central African Republic 151 New Zealand Denmark Move map ⛶ Expand map+ − Reset
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× JPN Top 30% / 2024
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View Japan's profile and all rankings→ Safely managed drinking waterRankings 34/151 98.7%
Area 377,969 km² World # 63
Population 123,366,734 people World # 12 Did you know? Japan ranks #34 for safely managed drinking water. Switch themes to see how the same country changes across the map.
1 Gibraltar 100% 1 Hong Kong 100% 1 Hungary 100% 1 Iceland 100% 1 Kuwait 100%
151 Central African Republic 6.2% 150 Chad 6.3% 149 Tuvalu 8.7% 148 Sierra Leone 10.9% 147 Democratic Republic of the Congo 11.9% 02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the Safely managed drinking water ranking map Countries and territories with a safely managed drinking-water estimate from the WHO/UNICEF joint monitoring programme. This page orders 151 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.
Top 3 #1 Gibraltar (100%), #1 Hong Kong (100%), #1 Hungary (100%)
Japan’s position World #34 (98.7%)
Data period latest available year by country (2010–2025) Reference years differ by country. Compare each value with the year and source shown in the country card.
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Safely managed drinking water Full ranking151 countries #36 United Arab Emirates 98.6% Profile #47 St. Martin (French part) 96.6% Profile #69 Bosnia and Herzegovina 86.4% Profile #74 Northern Mariana Islands 81.5% Profile #113 Turks and Caicos Islands 47% Profile #115 Republic of the Congo 45.9% Profile #123 Sao Tome and Principe 36.7% Profile #147 Democratic Republic of the Congo 11.9% Profile #151 Central African Republic 6.2% Profile