Pakistan
Safe drinking water in Pakistan
Safe drinking water in Pakistan: 34.8% in 2000 and 50.6% in 2022, by WHO/UNICEF estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- 50.6%
- Since 2000
- +15.8 percentage points
- Rank, 2022
- 100 of 135
- counting from the highest
- World, 2022
- 72.9%
% of people · WHO/UNICEF
Every year
% of people · WHO/UNICEF
| Year | Pakistan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 50.6 | 72.9 |
| 2021 | 49.6 | 72.5 |
| 2020 | 48.6 | 72.3 |
| 2019 | 47.5 | 71.7 |
| 2018 | 46.5 | 71 |
| 2017 | 45.5 | 70.4 |
| 2016 | 44.5 | 69.7 |
| 2015 | 43.5 | 69.1 |
| 2014 | 42.5 | 68.4 |
| 2013 | 41.5 | 67.7 |
| 2012 | 40.5 | 67.1 |
| 2011 | 39.5 | 66.4 |
| 2010 | 38.5 | 65.9 |
| 2009 | 37.5 | 65.4 |
| 2008 | 36.5 | 64.9 |
| 2007 | 36.2 | 64.6 |
| 2006 | 35.9 | 64 |
| 2005 | 35.6 | 63.7 |
| 2004 | 35.3 | 63 |
| 2003 | 35.2 | 62.4 |
| 2002 | 35.1 | 61.8 |
| 2001 | 34.9 | 61.1 |
| 2000 | 34.8 | 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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Pakistan in numbers
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Military
- Military spending2.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$11.5B in 2025
- Military spending per person$47 in 2025
- Military share of state spending13.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel943,000 people in 2020
- National power1.77% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.25% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports706 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports127 million TIV in 2025