Greece vs Portugal: Safe drinking water

Safe drinking water in 2022: 98.9% in Greece and 95.2% in Portugal, by WHO/UNICEF estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Greece, by 3.7 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in Portugal.

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% of people · WHO/UNICEF

GreecePortugalWorld

What the numbers say

Greece has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
In 2022, Greece ranked 33 and Portugal ranked 48 of 135 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 72.9% in 2022.

Every year

% of people · WHO/UNICEF

Year	Greece	Portugal	World
2022	98.9	95.2	72.9
2021	98.9	95.1	72.5
2020	98.9	95	72.3
2019	99	94.9	71.7
2018	99	94.9	71
2017	99.1	94.8	70.4
2016	99.1	94.7	69.7
2015	99.2	94.6	69.1
2014	99.2	94.5	68.4
2013	99.3	94.5	67.7
2012	99.3	94.4	67.1
2011	99.3	94.2	66.4
2010	99.4	94.1	65.9
2009	99.4	94	65.4
2008	99.4	94	64.9
2007	99.5	93.9	64.6
2006	99.5	93.9	64
2005	99.5	93.8	63.7
2004	99.4	93.8	63
2003	99.4	93.8	62.4
2002	99.3	93.7	61.8
2001	99.2	93.7	61.1
2000	99.2	93.7	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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