Denmark vs Germany: Safe drinking water

Safe drinking water in 2022: 99.9% in Denmark and 99.9% in Germany, by WHO/UNICEF estimates. In 2022 both had 99.9%.

% of people · WHO/UNICEF

DenmarkGermanyWorld

What the numbers say

% of people · WHO/UNICEF

Year	Denmark	Germany	World
2022	99.9	99.9	72.9
2021	99.9	99.9	72.5
2020	99.9	99.9	72.3
2019	99.9	99.9	71.7
2018	99.9	99.9	71
2017	99.6	99.9	70.4
2016	99.2	99.9	69.7
2015	98.8	99.9	69.1
2014	98.4	99.9	68.4
2013	98	99.9	67.7
2012	97.6	99.9	67.1
2011	97.2	99.9	66.4
2010	96.8	99.9	65.9
2009	96.4	99.9	65.4
2008	96	99.9	64.9
2007	95.6	99.9	64.6
2006	95.2	99.9	64
2005	94.8	99.9	63.7
2004	94.4	99.9	63
2003	94	99.8	62.4
2002	94	99.8	61.8
2001	94	99.8	61.1
2000	94	99.8	60.8

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