Netherlands vs United Kingdom: Safe drinking water

Safe drinking water in 2022: 100% in Netherlands and 99.8% in United Kingdom, by WHO/UNICEF estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 0.2 percentage points, or 1 times that in United Kingdom.

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% of people · WHO/UNICEF

NetherlandsUnited KingdomWorld

What the numbers say

Netherlands has been higher since 2008.
In 2022, Netherlands ranked 12 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	Netherlands	United Kingdom	World
2022	100	99.8	72.9
2021	100	99.8	72.5
2020	100	99.8	72.3
2019	100	99.8	71.7
2018	100	99.9	71
2017	100	99.9	70.4
2016	100	99.9	69.7
2015	100	99.9	69.1
2014	100	99.9	68.4
2013	100	99.9	67.7
2012	100	99.9	67.1
2011	100	99.9	66.4
2010	100	100	65.9
2009	100	100	65.4
2008	100	100	64.9
2007	100	100	64.6
2006	100	100	64
2005	100	100	63.7
2004	100	100	63
2003	100	100	62.4
2002	100	100	61.8
2001	100	100	61.1
2000	100	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 conflictsNetherlands: 0 deaths in 2022United Kingdom: 0 deaths in 2022