24Peaks / Asia / Sri Lanka / Population with Access to Safe Drinking Water (%)

Sri Lanka - Population with Access to Safe Drinking Water (%) 95.6

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

Latest value

95.6 (2023)

Global rank

#n/a of 188 economies

Share of global total

0.6%

Growth since 1990

1.4×

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

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#22#43#64#85#106#12719901995200020052010201520202023#100#922013 overtook Jamaica2014 overtook Trinidad and Tobago
Sri LankaArmeniaAustraliaAustriaBahrain

Real annual global ranks, 1990 - 2023. Sri Lanka climbed from #100 to #92 (overtook Jamaica). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for Sri Lanka ↓

Key Events — Sri Lanka

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

1992
Fell 17 places in global rank auto
2013
Overtook Jamaica in global rank auto
2014
Overtook Trinidad and Tobago in global rank auto

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

FAO AQUASTAT · % · linear scale · ranking in the race above
1990200020102020202368.377.486.595.6
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