Belgium

Safe drinking water in Belgium

Safe drinking water in Belgium: 99.6% in 2000 and 99.7% in 2022, by WHO/UNICEF estimates.

Latest, 2022
99.7%
Since 2000
+0.1 percentage points
World, 2022
72.9%
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% of people · WHO/UNICEF

Safe drinking water in BelgiumSafe drinking water in Belgium: 99.6% in 2000 and 99.7% in 2022, by WHO/UNICEF estimates. The world as a whole: 72.9% in 2022.
Estimates, WHO/UNICEFWorld

Every year

% of people · WHO/UNICEF

YearBelgiumWorld
202299.772.9
202199.772.5
202099.772.3
201999.771.7
201899.771
201799.770.4
201699.769.7
201599.769.1
201499.768.4
201399.767.7
201299.767.1
201199.766.4
201099.665.9
200999.665.4
200899.664.9
200799.664.6
200699.664
200599.663.7
200499.663
200399.662.4
200299.661.8
200199.661.1
200099.660.8

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.

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