Norway vs Sweden: Safe drinking water

Safe drinking water in 2022: 98.8% in Norway and 99.7% in Sweden, by WHO/UNICEF estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Sweden, by 0.9 percentage points, or 1.01 times that in Norway.

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% of people · WHO/UNICEF

NorwaySwedenWorld

What the numbers say

Sweden has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Norway.
The world as a whole: 72.9% in 2022.

Every year

% of people · WHO/UNICEF

Year	Norway	Sweden	World
2022	98.8	99.7	72.9
2021	98.9	99.7	72.5
2020	98.9	99.7	72.3
2019	99	99.7	71.7
2018	99	99.7	71
2017	99.1	99.7	70.4
2016	99.2	99.7	69.7
2015	99.2	99.6	69.1
2014	99.3	99.6	68.4
2013	99.3	99.6	67.7
2012	99.4	99.6	67.1
2011	99.4	99.6	66.4
2010	99.5	99.5	65.9
2009	99.5	99.5	65.4
2008	99.6	99.5	64.9
2007	99.6	99.5	64.6
2006	99.7	99.5	64
2005	99.8	99.5	63.7
2004	99.8	99.4	63
2003	99.9	99.4	62.4
2002	99.9	99.4	61.8
2001	99.9	99.4	61.1
2000	99.9	99.4	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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Norway vs Sweden: Safe drinking water

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