Austria vs Spain: Safe drinking water

Safe drinking water in 2022: 98.9% in Austria and 99.6% in Spain, by WHO/UNICEF estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Spain, by 0.7 percentage points, or 1.01 times that in Austria.

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% of people · WHO/UNICEF

AustriaSpainWorld

What the numbers say

Spain has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
The world as a whole: 72.9% in 2022.

Every year

% of people · WHO/UNICEF

Year	Austria	Spain	World
2022	98.9	99.6	72.9
2021	98.9	99.6	72.5
2020	98.9	99.6	72.3
2019	98.9	99.6	71.7
2018	98.9	99.6	71
2017	98.9	99.6	70.4
2016	98.9	99.6	69.7
2015	98.9	99.6	69.1
2014	98.9	99.5	68.4
2013	98.9	99.6	67.7
2012	98.8	99.6	67.1
2011	98.6	99.6	66.4
2010	98.4	99.6	65.9
2009	98.3	99.6	65.4
2008	98.1	99.6	64.9
2007	97.9	99.6	64.6
2006	97.8	99.5	64
2005	97.6	99.5	63.7
2004	97.4	99.5	63
2003	97.2	99.4	62.4
2002	97.1	99.4	61.8
2001	96.9	99.4	61.1
2000	96.7	99.4	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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