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United States - Population with Access to Safe Drinking Water (%) 99.2

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

Latest value

99.2 (2023)

Global rank

#n/a of 188 economies

Share of global total

0.6%

Growth since 1990

1.01×

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

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#14#27#40#53#66#7919901995200020052010201520202023#32#551996 overtook Tonga
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Real annual global ranks, 1990 - 2023. United States climbed from #32 to #55 (overtook Tonga). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for United States ↓

Key Events — United States

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

1996
Overtook Tonga in global rank auto
2008
Global financial crisis curated

Lehman Brothers collapse sets off the worst recession since the 1930s.

2020
COVID-19 recession curated

Sharpest quarterly GDP contraction on record as the pandemic hits.

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

FAO AQUASTAT · % · linear scale · ranking in the race above
1990200020102020202398.498.6798.9399.2
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