Ethiopia vs Mexico: Safe drinking water

Safe drinking water in 2022: 13.2% in Ethiopia and 43% in Mexico, by WHO/UNICEF estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Mexico, by 29.8 percentage points, or 3.25 times that in Ethiopia.

Watch it change on the map

% of people · WHO/UNICEF

EthiopiaMexicoWorld

What the numbers say

Mexico has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
In 2022, Ethiopia ranked 129 and Mexico ranked 109 of 135 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 72.9% in 2022.

Every year

% of people · WHO/UNICEF

Year	Ethiopia	Mexico	World
2022	13.2	43	72.9
2021	12.9	43	72.5
2020	12.3	42.9	72.3
2019	11.8	42.8	71.7
2018	11.3	42.6	71
2017	10.8	42.5	70.4
2016	10.3	42.3	69.7
2015	9.8	42.2	69.1
2014	9.4	42	68.4
2013	9	41.8	67.7
2012	8.5	41.7	67.1
2011	8.1	41.5	66.4
2010	7.7	41.4	65.9
2009	7.4	41.2	65.4
2008	7	41	64.9
2007	6.7	40.8	64.6
2006	6.4	40.7	64
2005	6.2	40.5	63.7
2004	6	40.3	63
2003	5.8	40.1	62.4
2002	5.6	40	61.8
2001	5.4	39.8	61.1
2000	5	39.6	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.

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

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Deaths in conflictsEthiopia: 102,900 deaths in 2022Mexico: 14,210 deaths in 2022