Percent Urban Population With Access To Drinking Water

Asia Ranking

percentSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Hong Kong	100	2020	1	100
1	Singapore	100	2020	1	100
1	Macao	100	2020	1	100
4	Turkmenistan	97.1	2020	4	97.1
5	Azerbaijan	96.3	2020	5	96.3
6	China	95	2020	6	95.1
7	Sri Lanka	93.3	2020	7	93.3
8	Kyrgyzstan	91.8	2020	8	90.8
9	Uzbekistan	86.1	2020	9	86.1
10	North Korea	77	2020	10	77
11	Burma (Myanmar)	73.8	2020	11	73.3
12	Philippines	61.8	2020	12	61.7
13	Cambodia	57.1	2020	13	56.7
14	Bangladesh	52.8	2020	14	51.6
15	Bhutan	49	2020	15	49
16	Pakistan	40.2	2020	16	40.2
17	Mongolia	38.6	2020	17	38.4
18	Laos	27	2020	18	27
19	Nepal	24.7	2020	19	26.3

Definition of Percent Urban Population With Access To Drinking Water

Access to an improved water source, urban, refers to the percentage of the urban population using an improved drinking water source. The improved drinking water source includes piped water on premises (piped household water connection located inside the users' dwelling, plot or yard), and other improved drinking water sources (public taps or standpipes, tube wells or boreholes, protected dug wells, protected springs, and rainwater collection).