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Japan - Population with Access to Safe Drinking Water (%) 100

FAO AQUASTAT · updated 2026-10-03 · 188 economies tracked

Latest value

100 (2023)

Global rank

##19 of 188 economies

Share of global total

0.6%

Growth since 1990

1×

Ranking Race — Population with Access to Safe Drinking Water (%)

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#14#27#40#53#66#7919901995200020052010201520202023#13#191997 overtook Italy
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Real annual global ranks, 1990 - 2023. Japan climbed from #13 to #19 (overtook Italy). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for Japan ↓

Key Events — Japan

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

1991
Asset bubble bursts curated

Equity and land prices collapse, opening the lost decades.

1997
Overtook Italy in global rank auto
2011
Earthquake, tsunami, nuclear crisis curated

Triple disaster disrupts supply chains and energy supply.

Population with Access to Safe Drinking Water (%), 1990-2023

FAO AQUASTAT · % · linear scale · ranking in the race above
19902000201020202023100100.33100.67101
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