North Korea
Safe drinking water in North Korea
Safe drinking water in North Korea: 69% in 2000 and 66.5% in 2022, by WHO/UNICEF estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- 66.5%
- Since 2000
- −2.5 percentage points
- Rank, 2022
- 88 of 135
- counting from the highest
- World, 2022
- 72.9%
% of people · WHO/UNICEF
What the numbers say
- The highest was 69.1% in 2003, the lowest 66.3% in 2019.
Every year
% of people · WHO/UNICEF
| Year | North Korea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 66.5 | 72.9 |
| 2021 | 66.5 | 72.5 |
| 2020 | 66.4 | 72.3 |
| 2019 | 66.3 | 71.7 |
| 2018 | 66.5 | 71 |
| 2017 | 66.6 | 70.4 |
| 2016 | 66.8 | 69.7 |
| 2015 | 67 | 69.1 |
| 2014 | 67.1 | 68.4 |
| 2013 | 67.3 | 67.7 |
| 2012 | 67.5 | 67.1 |
| 2011 | 67.7 | 66.4 |
| 2010 | 67.8 | 65.9 |
| 2009 | 68 | 65.4 |
| 2008 | 68.2 | 64.9 |
| 2007 | 68.4 | 64.6 |
| 2006 | 68.6 | 64 |
| 2005 | 68.8 | 63.7 |
| 2004 | 69 | 63 |
| 2003 | 69.1 | 62.4 |
| 2002 | 69 | 61.8 |
| 2001 | 69 | 61.1 |
| 2000 | 69 | 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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