Mexico vs United States: Safe drinking water

Safe drinking water in 2022: 43% in Mexico and 97.5% in United States, by WHO/UNICEF estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in United States, by 54.4 percentage points, or 2.26 times that in Mexico.

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% of people · WHO/UNICEF

MexicoUnited StatesWorld

What the numbers say

United States has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2005.
In 2022, Mexico ranked 109 and United States ranked 39 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 States	World
2022	43	97.5	72.9
2021	43	97.3	72.5
2020	42.9	97.2	72.3
2019	42.8	97	71.7
2018	42.6	96.9	71
2017	42.5	96.7	70.4
2016	42.3	96.5	69.7
2015	42.2	96.4	69.1
2014	42	96.2	68.4
2013	41.8	96.1	67.7
2012	41.7	95.9	67.1
2011	41.5	95.7	66.4
2010	41.4	95.6	65.9
2009	41.2	95.4	65.4
2008	41	95.4	64.9
2007	40.8	95.4	64.6
2006	40.7	95.4	64
2005	40.5	95.4	63.7
2004	40.3	–	63
2003	40.1	–	62.4
2002	40	–	61.8
2001	39.8	–	61.1
2000	39.6	–	60.8

Each country on its own

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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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