Mexico vs United Kingdom: Safe drinking water

Safe drinking water in 2022: 43% in Mexico and 99.8% in United Kingdom, by WHO/UNICEF estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 56.8 percentage points, or 2.32 times that in Mexico.

Watch it change on the map

% of people · WHO/UNICEF

MexicoUnited KingdomWorld

What the numbers say

United Kingdom has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
In 2022, Mexico ranked 109 and United Kingdom ranked 16 of 135 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 72.9% in 2022.

Every year

% of people · WHO/UNICEF

Year	Mexico	United Kingdom	World
2022	43	99.8	72.9
2021	43	99.8	72.5
2020	42.9	99.8	72.3
2019	42.8	99.8	71.7
2018	42.6	99.9	71
2017	42.5	99.9	70.4
2016	42.3	99.9	69.7
2015	42.2	99.9	69.1
2014	42	99.9	68.4
2013	41.8	99.9	67.7
2012	41.7	99.9	67.1
2011	41.5	99.9	66.4
2010	41.4	100	65.9
2009	41.2	100	65.4
2008	41	100	64.9
2007	40.8	100	64.6
2006	40.7	100	64
2005	40.5	100	63.7
2004	40.3	100	63
2003	40.1	100	62.4
2002	40	100	61.8
2001	39.8	100	61.1
2000	39.6	100	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 conflictsMexico: 14,210 deaths in 2022United Kingdom: 0 deaths in 2022