Congo - Kinshasa vs South Korea: Safe drinking water

Safe drinking water in 2022: 11.6% in Congo - Kinshasa and 99.3% in South Korea, by WHO/UNICEF estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in South Korea, by 87.7 percentage points, or 8.57 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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% of people · WHO/UNICEF

Congo - KinshasaSouth KoreaWorld

What the numbers say

South Korea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2002.
In 2022, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 130 and South Korea ranked 27 of 135 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 72.9% in 2022.

Every year

% of people · WHO/UNICEF

Year	Congo - Kinshasa	South Korea	World
2022	11.6	99.3	72.9
2021	11.4	99.2	72.5
2020	11.2	99.1	72.3
2019	11.3	99	71.7
2018	11.4	98.9	71
2017	11.5	98.8	70.4
2016	11.6	98.7	69.7
2015	11.7	98.6	69.1
2014	11.8	98.4	68.4
2013	11.8	98.3	67.7
2012	11.9	98.1	67.1
2011	11.9	97.9	66.4
2010	12	97.8	65.9
2009	12	97.6	65.4
2008	12.1	97.4	64.9
2007	12.1	97.3	64.6
2006	12.1	97.1	64
2005	12.2	97.1	63.7
2004	12.2	97.1	63
2003	12.2	97.1	62.4
2002	12.2	97.1	61.8
2001	12.2	–	61.1
2000	12.2	–	60.8

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.

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Congo - Kinshasa vs South Korea

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Deaths in conflictsCongo - Kinshasa: 5,228 deaths in 2022South Korea: 0 deaths in 2022