The Sanitation & Drinking Water issue category measures how well countries protect human health from environmental risks on two indicators: unsafe drinking water and unsafe sanitation.
Sanitation & Drinking Water
Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
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Norway | 1 | 100 | 1 |
Iceland | 1 | 100 | 0.9 |
Netherlands | 1 | 100 | - |
United Kingdom | 1 | 100 | 0.8 |
Finland | 1 | 100 | 0.3 |
Switzerland | 1 | 100 | - |
Malta | 7 | 99.8 | 1.6 |
Germany | 8 | 99 | 0.9 |
Luxembourg | 9 | 98.6 | 2 |
Sweden | 10 | 98.5 | 1.9 |
Italy | 11 | 98.2 | 1.5 |
Greece | 11 | 98.2 | 0.6 |
Ireland | 13 | 97.4 | 1.7 |
Denmark | 13 | 97.4 | 2.5 |
Spain | 15 | 96.8 | 1 |
France | 16 | 96.2 | 4.2 |
Japan | 17 | 95 | 0.9 |
Austria | 18 | 94.7 | 0.9 |
Cyprus | 19 | 93.9 | 1.4 |
Belgium | 20 | 93.6 | 3.6 |
Singapore | 21 | 93.2 | 0.6 |
Israel | 22 | 92.8 | 2.3 |
South Korea | 23 | 90.7 | 2.2 |
Canada | 24 | 88 | 2.2 |
Australia | 25 | 87 | 1.5 |
United States of America | 26 | 86.1 | 1.7 |
Brunei Darussalam | 27 | 85.6 | 1.7 |
Portugal | 28 | 83.4 | 2.6 |
New Zealand | 29 | 80.4 | 2 |
Czech Republic | 30 | 76.4 | 0.4 |
Slovenia | 31 | 74.7 | 0.4 |
Taiwan | 32 | 72.4 | 2.2 |
Slovakia | 33 | 71.8 | 1.7 |
Poland | 34 | 71.7 | 2.1 |
Uruguay | 35 | 70.8 | 5.8 |
Croatia | 36 | 70.2 | 1.8 |
Bulgaria | 37 | 68.3 | 2.6 |
Chile | 38 | 68.1 | 3.2 |
Kuwait | 39 | 67.4 | 2.2 |
United Arab Emirates | 40 | 67.2 | 1.7 |
Qatar | 41 | 66.5 | 2.9 |
Costa Rica | 42 | 66.1 | 4.1 |
Montenegro | 43 | 65.6 | 2.9 |
Mauritius | 44 | 65.5 | 3.5 |
Serbia | 44 | 65.5 | 2.7 |
Argentina | 46 | 64.7 | 3.6 |
Jordan | 47 | 62.6 | 7.2 |
Hungary | 48 | 62.2 | 0.7 |
Estonia | 49 | 61.9 | 1.3 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 50 | 61.4 | 3.2 |
North Macedonia | 51 | 61.1 | 2.4 |
Belarus | 52 | 60.5 | 1.4 |
Lebanon | 53 | 59.7 | 5 |
China | 54 | 59.4 | 4.6 |
Saudi Arabia | 55 | 59.3 | 5.9 |
Latvia | 56 | 59 | 1.3 |
Lithuania | 57 | 58.3 | 1 |
Oman | 57 | 58.3 | 3.2 |
Malaysia | 59 | 57.6 | 3.1 |
Armenia | 60 | 57.2 | 0.3 |
Bahrain | 61 | 56.6 | 2.3 |
Romania | 62 | 55.9 | 2.6 |
Colombia | 63 | 55.8 | 5.4 |
Thailand | 63 | 55.8 | 4.5 |
Russia | 65 | 55.4 | 1 |
Ukraine | 66 | 55.1 | -0.6 |
Kazakhstan | 66 | 55.1 | 3.4 |
Bahamas | 68 | 55 | 0.4 |
Albania | 69 | 54 | 2.5 |
Iran | 70 | 53.6 | 3.7 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 71 | 53.4 | 1.6 |
Algeria | 72 | 53.2 | 3.2 |
Mexico | 73 | 52.8 | 4.3 |
Viet Nam | 74 | 52.7 | 3.7 |
Turkey | 75 | 52.6 | 3.9 |
Tunisia | 75 | 52.6 | 1.9 |
Uzbekistan | 77 | 52 | 1.9 |
Barbados | 78 | 51.9 | - |
Georgia | 79 | 51.6 | 2.2 |
Seychelles | 80 | 51.4 | 2.8 |
Ecuador | 81 | 50.2 | 6.2 |
Moldova | 82 | 50 | 1.5 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 82 | 50 | 1 |
Cuba | 84 | 49.6 | 1.6 |
Iraq | 84 | 49.6 | 11.1 |
Jamaica | 86 | 49.3 | -0.5 |
Samoa | 87 | 49.2 | 1.8 |
Sri Lanka | 88 | 48.4 | 4.4 |
Maldives | 89 | 47.8 | 3.2 |
Paraguay | 90 | 47.5 | 4.5 |
Dominica | 90 | 47.5 | 0.6 |
Turkmenistan | 92 | 47.3 | 7.5 |
Grenada | 93 | 47 | 0.8 |
Venezuela | 94 | 46.8 | 2 |
Tonga | 95 | 46.4 | 0.7 |
Brazil | 96 | 46.1 | 7.2 |
Azerbaijan | 97 | 45.5 | 1.5 |
Kyrgyzstan | 97 | 45.5 | 4.5 |
Saint Lucia | 99 | 45.4 | 0.6 |
Panama | 100 | 43.5 | 6.7 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100 | 43.5 | 1.6 |
Mongolia | 102 | 43.1 | 3 |
Peru | 103 | 43 | 1.7 |
Nicaragua | 104 | 42.8 | 6.5 |
Belize | 105 | 42.6 | 2.4 |
El Salvador | 106 | 41.6 | 3.4 |
Morocco | 107 | 40.8 | 8.9 |
Bolivia | 108 | 40 | 5.6 |
Suriname | 109 | 39.3 | 2.9 |
Philippines | 110 | 39 | 7.1 |
Dominican Republic | 111 | 38.9 | 3 |
Egypt | 112 | 36.6 | 8.5 |
Cabo Verde | 113 | 35.5 | 4.1 |
Micronesia | 113 | 35.5 | 1.9 |
Guyana | 115 | 35.3 | 4.9 |
Sao Tome and Principe | 116 | 35.2 | 11 |
Fiji | 117 | 34.6 | 3.3 |
Cambodia | 118 | 34.2 | 7.2 |
Equatorial Guinea | 119 | 33.1 | 9 |
Marshall Islands | 120 | 32.2 | 4.4 |
Honduras | 121 | 31.8 | 6 |
Bhutan | 122 | 31.2 | 4.9 |
Tajikistan | 123 | 30.9 | 6 |
Myanmar | 124 | 30.8 | 9 |
Indonesia | 125 | 28.4 | 6.7 |
Guatemala | 126 | 28.2 | 7 |
Afghanistan | 127 | 28 | 7.1 |
Gabon | 128 | 27.6 | 8.6 |
Bangladesh | 129 | 27.3 | 4.8 |
Nepal | 130 | 27 | 7.3 |
Laos | 131 | 26.5 | 8.9 |
Timor-Leste | 132 | 25.9 | 3.7 |
South Africa | 133 | 24.6 | 7 |
Sudan | 134 | 22.3 | 10 |
Vanuatu | 135 | 21.5 | 2.9 |
Botswana | 136 | 20.8 | 5.7 |
Ghana | 136 | 20.8 | 3.7 |
Namibia | 138 | 19.6 | 5.4 |
India | 139 | 19.4 | 8.9 |
Gambia | 140 | 19.1 | 4.5 |
Tanzania | 141 | 18.4 | 5 |
Djibouti | 142 | 18.3 | 5.2 |
Uganda | 143 | 17.6 | 3.2 |
Pakistan | 144 | 17.4 | 5.2 |
Cote d'Ivoire | 145 | 17.2 | 5.3 |
Rwanda | 146 | 16.9 | 5.7 |
Zimbabwe | 147 | 16.8 | 4.3 |
Mozambique | 148 | 16.4 | 5.3 |
Kiribati | 149 | 16.3 | 4.1 |
Papua New Guinea | 150 | 15.5 | 3.6 |
Comoros | 151 | 15.2 | 3.9 |
Republic of Congo | 152 | 14.6 | 9 |
Haiti | 153 | 14 | 5.9 |
Solomon Islands | 153 | 14 | 4.3 |
Mauritania | 155 | 13.6 | 7.2 |
Kenya | 155 | 13.6 | 6.5 |
Dem. Rep. Congo | 157 | 13.5 | 9.7 |
Zambia | 158 | 13.4 | 6.7 |
Benin | 158 | 13.4 | 4.1 |
Senegal | 160 | 13.1 | 2.5 |
Angola | 161 | 12.8 | 8.9 |
Eswatini | 162 | 12.6 | 5.6 |
Malawi | 163 | 12 | 4.6 |
Sierra Leone | 164 | 11.5 | 4.1 |
Guinea | 165 | 11.2 | 4.6 |
Ethiopia | 166 | 10.9 | 4.8 |
Liberia | 167 | 9.8 | 6.7 |
Mali | 168 | 8.2 | 4.5 |
Burkina Faso | 169 | 7.7 | 2.9 |
Cameroon | 169 | 7.7 | 6.3 |
Lesotho | 171 | 7.2 | 3.6 |
Guinea-Bissau | 172 | 6.7 | 6.4 |
Eritrea | 173 | 6.3 | 4.4 |
Madagascar | 174 | 5.9 | 4.5 |
Burundi | 175 | 5.3 | 3 |
Togo | 176 | 5.1 | 5 |
Nigeria | 177 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
Niger | 178 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
Chad | 179 | - | - |
Central African Republic | 179 | - | - |