The share of the global population with improved access to drinking water sources has increased over the last three decades. Just 76 percent of the world's population had access to improved drinking water sources in 1990. By 2020 this had increased to approximately 94 percent.
Proportion of the population with access to drinking water sources worldwide from 1990 to 2020, based on quality of water source*
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UNICEF, & WHO. (July 1, 2021). Proportion of the population with access to drinking water sources worldwide from 1990 to 2020, based on quality of water source* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/278656/quality-of-the-global-drinking-water-supply/
UNICEF, und WHO. "Proportion of the population with access to drinking water sources worldwide from 1990 to 2020, based on quality of water source*." Chart. July 1, 2021. Statista. Accessed June 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/278656/quality-of-the-global-drinking-water-supply/
UNICEF, WHO. (2021). Proportion of the population with access to drinking water sources worldwide from 1990 to 2020, based on quality of water source*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/278656/quality-of-the-global-drinking-water-supply/
UNICEF, and WHO. "Proportion of The Population with Access to Drinking Water Sources Worldwide from 1990 to 2020, Based on Quality of Water Source*." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jul 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/278656/quality-of-the-global-drinking-water-supply/
UNICEF & WHO, Proportion of the population with access to drinking water sources worldwide from 1990 to 2020, based on quality of water source* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/278656/quality-of-the-global-drinking-water-supply/ (last visited June 01, 2024)
Proportion of the population with access to drinking water sources worldwide from 1990 to 2020, based on quality of water source* [Graph], UNICEF, & WHO, July 1, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/278656/quality-of-the-global-drinking-water-supply/