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Safe drinking water in Switzerland

Safe drinking water in Switzerland: 96.7% in 2000 and 96.7% in 2022, by WHO/UNICEF estimates.

Latest, 2022
96.7%
Since 2000
0 percentage points
Rank, 2022
43 of 135
counting from the highest
World, 2022
72.9%
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% of people · WHO/UNICEF

Safe drinking water in SwitzerlandSafe drinking water in Switzerland: 96.7% in 2000 and 96.7% in 2022, by WHO/UNICEF estimates. In 2022, Switzerland ranked 43 of 135 countries, counting from the highest.
Estimates, WHO/UNICEFWorld

Every year

% of people · WHO/UNICEF

YearSwitzerlandWorld
202296.772.9
202196.772.5
202096.772.3
201996.771.7
201896.771
201796.770.4
201696.769.7
201596.769.1
201496.768.4
201396.767.7
201296.767.1
201196.766.4
201096.765.9
200996.765.4
200896.764.9
200796.764.6
200696.764
200596.763.7
200496.763
200396.762.4
200296.761.8
200196.761.1
200096.760.8

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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