Cambodia vs North Korea

Cambodia vs North Korea: Safe drinking water

Safe drinking water in 2022: 29.1% in Cambodia and 66.5% in North Korea, by WHO/UNICEF estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in North Korea, by 37.4 percentage points, or 2.28 times that in Cambodia.

Watch it change on the map

% of people · WHO/UNICEF

Cambodia vs North Korea: Safe drinking waterSafe drinking water in 2022: 29.1% in Cambodia and 66.5% in North Korea, by WHO/UNICEF estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in North Korea, by 37.4 percentage points, or 2.28 times that in Cambodia.
CambodiaNorth KoreaWorld

What the numbers say

  • North Korea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
  • In 2022, Cambodia ranked 116 and North Korea ranked 88 of 135 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The world as a whole: 72.9% in 2022.

Every year

% of people · WHO/UNICEF

YearCambodiaNorth KoreaWorld
202229.166.572.9
202128.566.572.5
202027.966.472.3
201927.366.371.7
201826.766.571
201726.166.670.4
201625.566.869.7
201524.96769.1
201424.367.168.4
201323.767.367.7
201223.267.567.1
201122.667.766.4
20102267.865.9
200921.46865.4
200820.968.264.9
200720.468.464.6
200619.968.664
200519.468.863.7
200418.96963
200318.469.162.4
200217.96961.8
200117.56961.1
2000176960.8

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

Cambodia vs North Korea

Health

People

Education

Politics

Conflict

Military

Climate

Technology and environment