Bhutan
Safe drinking water in Bhutan
Safe drinking water in Bhutan: 22.3% in 2000 and 73.3% in 2022, by WHO/UNICEF estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- 73.3%
- Since 2000
- +51.1 percentage points
- Rank, 2022
- 81 of 135
- counting from the highest
- World, 2022
- 72.9%
% of people · WHO/UNICEF
Every year
% of people · WHO/UNICEF
| Year | Bhutan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 73.3 | 72.9 |
| 2021 | 72.7 | 72.5 |
| 2020 | 69.1 | 72.3 |
| 2019 | 65 | 71.7 |
| 2018 | 60.8 | 71 |
| 2017 | 56.6 | 70.4 |
| 2016 | 52.1 | 69.7 |
| 2015 | 47.5 | 69.1 |
| 2014 | 42.8 | 68.4 |
| 2013 | 38.1 | 67.7 |
| 2012 | 34.2 | 67.1 |
| 2011 | 30.2 | 66.4 |
| 2010 | 26.3 | 65.9 |
| 2009 | 26 | 65.4 |
| 2008 | 25.6 | 64.9 |
| 2007 | 25.3 | 64.6 |
| 2006 | 24.9 | 64 |
| 2005 | 24.6 | 63.7 |
| 2004 | 24.1 | 63 |
| 2003 | 23.7 | 62.4 |
| 2002 | 23.2 | 61.8 |
| 2001 | 22.8 | 61.1 |
| 2000 | 22.3 | 60.8 |
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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