Afghanistan vs Iraq: Safe drinking water

Safe drinking water in 2022: 30% in Afghanistan and 59.7% in Iraq, by WHO/UNICEF estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Iraq, by 29.7 percentage points, or 1.99 times that in Afghanistan.

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% of people · WHO/UNICEF

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What the numbers say

Iraq has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
In 2022, Afghanistan ranked 114 and Iraq ranked 92 of 135 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 72.9% in 2022.

Every year

% of people · WHO/UNICEF

Year	Afghanistan	Iraq	World
2022	30	59.7	72.9
2021	29.3	59.7	72.5
2020	28.4	59.7	72.3
2019	27.5	59.4	71.7
2018	26.6	58.9	71
2017	25.7	58.4	70.4
2016	24.8	57.9	69.7
2015	23.9	57.4	69.1
2014	22.9	57	68.4
2013	22	56.5	67.7
2012	21.1	56	67.1
2011	20.2	55.5	66.4
2010	19.3	55	65.9
2009	18.4	54.5	65.4
2008	17.5	54	64.9
2007	16.6	53.6	64.6
2006	15.7	53.1	64
2005	14.7	52.6	63.7
2004	13.8	52.1	63
2003	12.9	51.7	62.4
2002	12	51.2	61.8
2001	11.1	50.7	61.1
2000	11.1	50.2	60.8

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The share of people whose drinking water comes from an improved source at home, there when needed and free of contamination.
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme, via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 135 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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Afghanistan vs Iraq: Safe drinking water

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