Ukraine vs United Kingdom: Safe drinking water

Safe drinking water in 2022: 87.6% in Ukraine and 99.8% in United Kingdom, by WHO/UNICEF estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 12.2 percentage points, or 1.14 times that in Ukraine.

Watch it change on the map

% of people · WHO/UNICEF

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What the numbers say

United Kingdom has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
In 2022, Ukraine ranked 62 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	Ukraine	United Kingdom	World
2022	87.6	99.8	72.9
2021	87.8	99.8	72.5
2020	88	99.8	72.3
2019	88.2	99.8	71.7
2018	88.3	99.9	71
2017	88.5	99.9	70.4
2016	88.7	99.9	69.7
2015	88.8	99.9	69.1
2014	89	99.9	68.4
2013	89.6	99.9	67.7
2012	89.6	99.9	67.1
2011	87.1	99.9	66.4
2010	84.6	100	65.9
2009	82.1	100	65.4
2008	79.6	100	64.9
2007	77.1	100	64.6
2006	74.5	100	64
2005	72	100	63.7
2004	69.4	100	63
2003	66.7	100	62.4
2002	66.6	100	61.8
2001	66.6	100	61.1
2000	66.5	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 conflictsUkraine: 82,590 deaths in 2022United Kingdom: 0 deaths in 2022